Topic - John Smyth

Welby, who was a camp dormitory officer in the 1970s and knew Smyth, said he was unaware of the abuses until 2013, soon after he became spiritual leader of the Anglican church.

Zimbabwean family seeks justice for brother's death linked to abuse at Christian camp →

Welby had announced in November that he would resign after an independent investigation into the late John Smyth, a prominent attorney who the report said sexually, psychologically and physically abused about 30 boys and young men in the United Kingdom and 85 in Africa from the 1970s until his death in 2018.

Archbishop of Canterbury Welby's tenure ends after resigning over failures in handling abuse scandal →