The Anglican Church leadership in South Africa has admitted to failing to disclose sexual abuse allegations against its ...

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa (Acsa) has apologised for failing to protect the public from the risk posed by a ...

JOHANNESBURG -- The Anglican Church leadership in South Africa has admitted to failing to disclose sexual abuse allegations against its former member John Smyth, who mistreated children in the ...

Smyth fled to South Africa in 2001, where he worked in parishes until 2014. The head of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa said the report found that warnings had not been passed on. “In ...

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A South African panel, headed by a retired judge, released its own report Tuesday in which it said the Anglican Church should have reported Smyth, even though there was no evidence that he had ...