Justin Welby: I forgive serial abuser John Smyth
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In his first interview since resigning, the former Archbishop of Canterbury reflects on the scandal which led him to quit.
John Smyth (barrister)
British barrister and child abuser (1941–2018)
John Jackson Smyth QC was a Canadian-born British barrister and serial child abuser who was actively involved in Christian ministry for children as chairman of the Iwerne Trust which raised funds for, and in practice ran, the influential conservative evangelical Iwerne camps. He acted as lawyer for Mary Whitehouse, a Christian morality campaigner.
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