Makin Report: Key findings and conclusions

en staff  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  7 Nov 2024
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Makin Report: Key findings and conclusions

Keith Makin.

Key findings of the Makin Report

The 'key findings' of the Makin Report (see news item here) are as follows and readers should be aware that some of the details are deeply distressing:

'John Smyth was an appalling abuser of children and young men. His abuse was prolific, brutal and horrific. His victims were subjected to traumatic physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual attacks. The impact of that abuse is impossible to overstate and has permanently marked the lives of his victims. John Smyth’s own family are victims of his abuse.

'John Smyth's activities were identified in the 1980s. Despite considerable efforts by individuals to bring to the attention of relevant authorities the scope and horror of Smyth's conduct, including by victims and by some clergy, the steps taken by the Church of England and other organisations and individuals were ineffective and neither fully exposed nor prevented further abuse by him.

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