"; and the bishop of guildford who himself was abused by smyth isn't doing media interviews.ak to us is a survivor of the physical abuse he was subjected to by smyth in the 1980s. mark stibbe told us how symth breached his trust. well, i think that one of the main ways in which he did that was by inviting me and other friends of mine over to his house just outside winchester. and i think it was in that kind of homely environment and a family atmosphere that, subjected to an awful lot of good hospitality, i began to trust that he was somebody that i could, i could confide in. and when did he begin to abuse that trust? well, ithink, you know, right from the word go from 1977, when i first kind of found faith in god, um, john smyth came into my world. and for the next few years, i didn't realise the degree to which he was actually grooming me and preparing me for the moment when he was actually going to abuse me. and now, looking back, obviously knowing a lot more about the process of abuse, i can see all the different moments along the way in which he developed this hold over m

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