The Church of England says it is initiating disciplinary proceedings against 10 members of clergy following a review of evidence in the report into the prolific abuser, John Smyth. Among those ...

But some of Smyth’s victims have been telling us of their anger that several serving Bishops were not on that list of people facing potential disciplinary investigations.

John Smyth, 63, was battered to death in a backyard in Wallsend as he tried to stop George Ness from smashing his way into a woman's flat. Ness, 41, from North Shields, had claimed self-defence ...

VICTIMS and survivors of John Smyth were present in the gallery and on the floor of the General Synod on Monday evening when a motion was carried expressing repentance, in the wake of the Makin review ...

A British barrister’s “abhorrent” abuse of more than 100 children and young men was covered up within the Church of England ...