The Latest Breaking News from Justin Welby

Shock waves triggered by archbishop’s resignation are culmination of years of simmering rage among churchgoers and survivors of abuse

Rocky Leanders, then 15, was beaten with wooden paddle by Smyth at camp where boys were made to swim naked

Justin Welby resigned as archbishop of Canterbury following a damning report about a prolific child abuser in the Church of England. The report into decades of abuse of more than 100 boys perpetrated by the barrister John Smyth QC in the UK, South Africa and Zimbabwe detailed the Church of…

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said that his decision to step down was in the best interests of the Church.

Man beaten until he bled as a child says Stephen Conway, Jo Bailey Wells and others must ‘look at their consciences’

Letters: Pam Walker says the church hierarchy has a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of abuse, and Doug Clark compares Anglican and Catholic scandals. Plus a letter from John van Rooyen

Edith Nyachuru described her brother Guide, who was 16, as a ‘lovely boy’ who was a good swimmer.

It comes after the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned following a damning report into decades of abuse

The review noted that Mrs Colman and her husband, Sir Jamie, visited John Smyth in Africa in the 1990s

The Makin Review named Sir Jamie and the Rev Sue Colman as likely to have had significant knowledge of John Smyth’s abuses in the UK and Africa.

Report says General Synod member Rev Andrew Cornes was told of Smyth’s abuse in 1982 but failed to act