But the words instead apply to John Smyth, the man described in an official investigation last year as “the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the Church of England”.

Cape Town - A report by the Panel of Inquiry into allegations of abuse by serial abuser, John Smyth in South Africa and the conduct of the Anglican Church of South Africa (ACSA) revealed that despite ...

John Smyth, who died in 2018, moved first from the UK to Zimbabwe and later on to South Africa The Anglican Church of Southern Africa (Acsa) has apologised for failing to protect the public from ...

SOME of those who knew of the abuse perpetrated by John Smyth have been “lying”, a survivor has told the General Synod. On Monday evening, urging them to come forward to explain their actions, he ...

David Fletcher led the Iwerne Christian holiday camps in Dorset for about two decades from the 1960s, where former barrister John Smyth used his church charity work to lure away and abuse at least ...

In 1997, Smyth was arrested after the death of a 16-year-old boy at one camp. The case was dropped before trial and the barrister moved to South Africa. He died in Cape Town in 2018 aged 75. After ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Anglican Church leadership in South Africa has admitted to failing to disclose sexual abuse allegations against its former member John Smyth, who mistreated children in ...