UNITED KINGDOM
Echo
Press Association
The “scale and severity” of physical abuse against young men, allegedly carried out by a former colleague of the Archbishop of Canterbury, was “horrific” a 1982 report found.
A series of accusations have been levelled against John Smyth, a former leader at the Iwerne Trust camps, which had close links with the Church of England.
It is where Justin Welby worked as a dormitory officer in the late 1970s, but he has insisted he was “completely unaware” of the allegations at the time.
They have come to light following a six-month Channel 4 News investigation into the prominent QC and part-time judge, who is now based in South Africa.
The Iwerne Trust, which oversaw the Christian camps, was made aware of the allegations after a young university student tried to commit suicide, Channel 4 News said.
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