Archbishop of Canterbury issues ‘personal apology’ over charity abuse

Posted on May 21, 2021 
Filed under Church of England

“The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a ‘full personal apology’ to the survivors of abuse by former barrister John Smyth QC in the 1970s and 80s.

Smyth, who died aged 77 in 2018, violently beat boys who attended Christian summer camps.

Justin Welby said: ‘I am sorry this was done in the name of Jesus Christ by a perverted version of spirituality and evangelicalism.’…”

– Report from BBC News.

Here is the full text of Archbishop Welby’s Statement.