{"id":102373,"date":"2021-05-20T12:34:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=102373"},"modified":"2021-05-20T17:38:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:38:47","slug":"the-bbc-story-on-the-archbishop-of-canterburys-personal-apology-over-charity-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=102373","title":{"rendered":"The BBC Story on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s ‘personal apology’ over charity abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

Smyth, who died aged 77 in 2018, violently beat boys who attended Christian summer camps.<\/p>\n

Justin Welby said: “I am sorry this was done in the name of Jesus Christ by a perverted version of spirituality and evangelicalism.”<\/p>\n

Survivors who recently met Mr Welby welcomed him “taking responsibility”.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued by Lambeth Palace, the archbishop said: “I continue to hear new details of the abuse and my sorrow, shock and horror grows.<\/p>\n

“The Church has a duty to look after those who have been harmed. We have not always done that well.”<\/p>\n

He said the Church’s safeguarding team will investigate every clergyperson which they suspect “knew and failed to disclose the abuse”.<\/p>\n

Mr Welby worked in the evangelical Christian camps for public schoolboys run by Smyth, but denies any knowledge of the abuse at the time.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Archbishop of Canterbury issues 'personal apology' over charity abuse https:\/\/t.co\/iYKzoO60Fe<\/a><\/p>\n

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n