The crisis that has brought down the Archbishop of Canterbury over his links to child abuser John Smyth has its roots in years of reporting by The Telegraph. In February 2017, a Channel 4 documentary ...

John Smyth was never brought to justice for the abuse because he died aged 75 before he was investigated The Archbishop of Canterbury’s failure to act meant that the Church of England’s most prolific ...

Justin Welby has been condemned by survivors and campaigners for saying he would forgive serial Church of England abuser John Smyth if he were still alive. The former archbishop of Canterbury also ...

JOHANNESBURG — 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 the 1970s ...

Justin Welby has admitted that he had been alerted to concerns about the Church of England’s most prolific serial child abuser 40 years ago. The Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledged that he had been ...

Zimbabwean victims of one of Britain's most barbaric and prolific child abusers are bringing a legal claim against the Church of England over allegations of a cover-up. Six men, including Rocky ...

A British barrister “horrifically” abused more than 130 children in the UK and Africa after the church covered up for him for decades so he was “never bought to justice”, a damning report has found.