Church of England eyes disciplining clergy over child abuse scandal

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Church of England eyes disciplining clergy over child abuse scandal

Reuters
Tue, February 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM EST 1 min read

(Reuters) - The Church of England will seek to bring disciplinary proceedings against 10 clerics including former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, it said on Tuesday, implementing recommendations from an abuse report last year.

The CoE, central to 85 million Anglicans worldwide, has been in crisis over safeguarding the vulnerable since the November report, which said ex-leader Justin Welby had taken insufficient action to stop one of the church's most prolific serial abusers. Welby eventually stepped down over the findings.

Eight priests and a former bishop were also listed among those potentially facing disciplinary action in the CoE statement as the CoE concluded its own independent review into all clergy criticised in last year's report.

That report found that the late John Smyth, a British lawyer who volunteered at Christian summer camps, subjected more than 100 boys and young men to "brutal and horrific" physical and sexual abuse over a 40-year period.

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