UNITED KINGDOM
Independent
July 28, 2020
By Adam Forrest
Justin Welby worked as dormitory officer at summer camps where late John Smyth allegedly beat teenage boys
The Church of England is investigating how the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby handled allegations of abuse at Christian holiday camps in the 1970s and 1980s.
The church launched an independent review last year into claims the late John Smyth QC had stripped young men naked and beat them violently at the summer holiday camps.
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