UNITED KINGDOM
Cambridge News
BY ANNA SAVVA
00:00, 8 FEB 2017
The Bishop of Ely Stephen Conway warned the Anglican church more than three years ago about alleged abuse in its ranks, it has been claimed.
The Right Rev Stephen Conway’s correspondence was revealed in a six month Channel 4 investigation into the activities of John Symth QC, a former leader at the Iwerne Trust Christian camps, which had close links with the Church of England.
Alleged victims have claimed they endured violent beatings at the hands of Smyth in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
In the report the church admitted that by 2013 police had been notified about the alleged abuse and the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, was shown a letter written by the Bishop of Ely to the Bishop of Cape Town highlighting “concerns” expressed by “an alleged survivor”.
A spokesperson from Ely Diocese told the News: “We have the facts on file. When we were made aware in 2013 we did all we could to tell the appropriate authorities.
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