Further allegations emerge about the late David Fletcher

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  24 Mar 2025
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Further allegations emerge about the late David Fletcher

David Fletcher Source: Channel 4 / YouTube screenshot

Further allegations have been made against the late David Fletcher since three women accused him of sexual abuse over a period of many years. Fletcher was instrumental in the cover-up of the abuses perpetrated by the late John Smyth.

It looks likely an external body will be commissioned to undertake an independent investigation into Fletcher. He was a former rector at St Ebbe’s, Oxford and remained a congregant until his death in 2022.

In February, the Diocese of Oxford confirmed that, after publication of the Makin Review into Smyth, information had been received about “sexual abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour concerning [Fletcher] towards women and girls.”

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