Rico Tice comments on the Makin Report

Posted on November 27, 2024 
Filed under Church of England, People

“My heart aches for all the victims of John Smyth, some of whom I know personally. I remember them as people who were enormously kind to me as a schoolboy, at a difficult time in my life. It’s devastating to discover that people who showed me such compassion were victims of Smyth’s cruel abuse.

These victims have a right to the truth about what happened. I also know that media attention on this issue will be intensely painful to some, and that in speaking about it I have a responsibility to consider both of these things. I hope that in sharing what I know with The Times earlier this week, and again here, I am honouring them. That is certainly my intention. …”

– Rico Tice writes at Honest Evangelism.

See also:

‘I didn’t leave the Church of England. It left me’ – Premier Christianity.

(Thanks to Anglican Mainstream for the links.)