in 1982, it is claimed john smyth was advised to move abroad.eatings had come to light. 0ne alleged victim had tried to kill himself. the archbishop was made aware in 2013 and the church has now made a full apology. there are so many places where our society thought it was ok to cover up the most terrible treatment of children and vulnerable adults. and i do not know how many more cases there will be, but on each one, nothing will be covered up. have you ever seen any evidence in your religious life of beating going on? no, never. last year an anglican bishop, peter ball, became the first to be jailed for child sexual abuse. again, the church had to apologise. there is a pattern here, the allegation of children harmed by respected church figures, the claims of a cover—up, the belated attempts by lambeth palace to work out what has gone wrong. it is a pattern being investigated by the public inquiry into child abuse. this case may provide more evidence. tom symonds, bbc news, at lambeth palace. with me is our correspondent, fiona lamdin, who spok

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it's alleged john smyth beat teenage boys during summer camps he ran in the 19705.ard. our religious affairs correspondent, martin bashir, reports. john smyth qc, now working in south africa, is at the centre of allegations involving the abuse of young boys during the 19705 at a series of summer camps in dorset. people matter to us very much. the camps, which take place every summer, involved boys from the top private schools in the country. they would engage in activities during the day and then he talks about the christian faith during the evening. according to allegations, made by channel 4 news, john smyth began the abuse by grooming boys at camp, then inviting them to his home in winchester, where they would be stripped naked and subjected to beatings. the trust, which oversaw the camps, was made aware of the allegations in 1982, but failed to inform the police. one of smyth's leadership team says it was the victims themselves who did not want to report the abuse. we discussed telling the police. i wasn't part of that discussion. but the young men themselves di

bbc news has spoken to the daughter of the man — a barrister called john smyth — who says her fathert. hampshire police are investigating the allegations, as our religious affairs correspondent, martin bashir, reports. john smyth qc, now working in south africa, is at the centre of allegations involving the abuse of young boys, who were allegedly groomed, at a series of summer camps in dorset in the 1970s. people matter to us very much. the camps, which still take place every august, involved boys from the top 30 private schools in the country. they would engage in activities during the day and then hear talks about the christian faith during the evening. we've spoken to an alleged victim, who would not appear on camera, but explained how he says the abuse would happen. he'd be invited tojohn smyth‘s house in winchester, where he'd be asked about his personal prayer life. he was then asked if he masturbated. upon confession, he'd be beaten with a cane. the iwerne trust, which oversaw the camps, was made aware of what victims say happened in winchester in 1982, but decided not to info

according to allegations made by channel 4 news john smyth according to allegations made by channel 4they were stripped naked and subjected to beatings. the trust which oversaw the camps was made aware of the allegations in 1982 but failed to inform the police. one ofjohn smyth‘s leadership team says it was the victims themselves who did not wa nt to the victims themselves who did not want to report the abuse. we discussed telling the police. i was not part of that discussion. but the young men themselves did not want to have their names mentioned. they had suffered enough at the hands ofjohn smyth without wanting the indignity of describing everything in court. at the time the church of england had no safeguarding policy in place. the archbishop of canterbury, who also worked alongsidejohn smyth, says he knew nothing of the alleged abuse until 2013. i was says he knew nothing of the alleged abuse until2013. i was ajunior leader in a cab. these were the senior leaders, i was not part of the inner circle. late this afternoon one ofjohn smyth‘s. us do this interview in which he says tha

in 1982, it is claimed john smyth was advised to move abroad. the beatings had come to light. so many places where our society thought it was ok to cover—up the most terrible treatment of children and vulnerable adults. and i do not know how many more cases there will be, but on each one, nothing will be covered up. have you ever seen any evidence in your religious life of beating going on? no, never. last year, an anglican bishop became the first to be jailed for child sexual abuse. again, the church had to apologise. there is a pattern here, the allegation of children harmed by respected church figures of the claims of a cover—up, the belated attempts by lambeth palace to work out what has gone wrong. it is a pattern being investigated by the public inquiry into child abuse. this case may provide more evidence. investigation into the misuse of parliamentary funds by the presidency candidate has been under way. the candidate denies doing anything wrong, but fellow conservatives are advising him to abandon his campaign. hundreds of thousands of romanians have taken to the stre

john smythe is accused of a series of allegations of abuse of boys at a summer camp.at i said yesterday — it is terrible they were treated like this, they have been greviously and deeply let down. it is not their responsibility in any way at all. a lot of victims and survivors of abuse have this nagging sense that somehow theirfault. quite the reverse. the most terrible things were done to them and it was a terrible shame and a disgrace this was done to them. australia's prime minister, has denied president trump hung up on him during a fiery telephone conversation over a refugee resettlement deal. mr trump has described the current deal as "dumb" on twitter. the arrangement allows vulnerable asylum seekers held in offshore detention centres in australia to be resettled in the us. malcolm turnbull, the australian prime minister, says that the conversation ended courteously and that donald trump didn't hang up on him. it seems what has infuriated mr trump is the deal struck with australia and the outgoing 0bama administration at the end of last year. the deal would all

the archbishop says although he worked with the barrister, john smythe, a former leader at iwerne holidayays he was not part of his inner circle of friends. the bank of england is expected to upgrade its growth forecast when it presents its latest assessment of the economy later today. it's thought the bank will predict annual growth of around i.8%, more than double the forecast it made last august, in the weeks following the eu referendum. but it's thought the quarterly report will also warn of further rises in inflation. australia's prime minister, malcolm turnbull, has denied claims that president trump hung up on him during a fiery telephone conversation over a refugee resettlement deal. mr trump described the deal struck by the previous 0bama administration as dumb on twitter. the arrangement allows the most vulnerable asylum seekers held in offshore detention centres off australia to be resettled in the us. the washington post reported mr trump called the phone conversation between the two leaders as "the worst by far" of his calls and cut it short. 10,000 fewer people applied to tr

the archbishop says although he worked with the barrister, john smythe, a former leader at iwerne holidayar. the time now is ten past eight. all the weather and the sport coming up for you later on. almost 30 years ago, helen was murdered, and a new law is suggested that prisoners can be denied parole if they will not reveal where the remains are. it doesn‘t get easier, tt doesn‘t get better, you just deal with it better. marie harcourt has lived with the pain of losing her daughter for almost 30 years. a pain made sharper by the fact that her body has never been found. i haven‘t got helen‘s remains. that‘s what i want. i gave birth to her. i gave life to her. i need to be able to bury her remains, give her a resting place. good morning, love. this is all she has to mark her daughter‘s life — a marble bench in a graveyard, and a constant, tortuous thought about where helen might be. you look all the time. all the time. we have friends who would come down and stay for the weekend. we will take them on a walk. "we haven‘t had a look over here." we don‘t tell the friends. but we take them. a