LONDON (AP) — The Church of England covered up “horrific” abuse by a lawyer who volunteered at Christian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s, and the ceremonial head of the Anglican Communion failed to report him to authorities when he learned of the abuse in 2013, according to an independent review released Thursday. John […]

John Smyth QC's abuse of more than 100 children and young men was covered up for years, a report concludes.

A report has exposed the Church of England's failure to act on severe abuse by John Smyth QC, a Cambridge barrister linked to the church, who assaulted over 100 boys from elite schools in the 1970s and 1980s.