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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Pol Allingham

John Smyth victim says Justin Welby resignation paves way for questioning others

A victim of serial abuser John Smyth has said the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation paves the way for others to be held accountable.

Justin Welby said he would be stepping down less than a week after an independent review concluded that the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the Church of England might have been brought to justice had the Archbishop formally reported him to police more than a decade ago.

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