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.

John Smyth (c. 1554 – c. 28 August 1612) was an English Anglican, Baptist, then Mennonite minister and a defender of the principle of religious liberty.

John Smyth was an English religious libertarian and Nonconformist minister, called “the Se-baptist” (self-baptizer), who is generally considered the founder of the organized Baptists of England. He also influenced the Pilgrim Fathers who immigrated to North America in 1620.

Nov 7, 2024 · John Smyth QC is believed to be the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the Church of England, a long-awaited independent review found. Smyth QC, who died …

Nov 12, 2024 · John Smyth, a barrister who ran Christian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s, committed physical, psychological and sexual abuse against more than 100 boys and young men.

Nov 17, 2024 · For over 30 years police were not told about Smyth’s crimes because of an "active cover up" inside the Church of England, according to the Makin review published earlier this month. It found that...

Nov 13, 2024 · Victims of John Smyth, a barrister who led Christian summer camps and is thought to be the most prolific abuser associated with the Church, have called for further resignations from senior clergy...

John Smyth (1570 – c. August 28, 1612) was co-founder, with Thomas Helwys of the modern Baptist denomination, Ordained as an Anglican Priest, he soon identified with the Separatists who opposed State control of the Church, and became pastor of the Independent or Congregational Church in Gainsborough, where he had attended the Grammar School.

Mar 22, 2024 · Coggins discoveries in the Mennonite archives in Amsterdam shed light on the fascinating transformation of the Smyth congregation from an illegal Separatist conventicle in Lincolnshire, England to formally merging with a Dutch-speaking Mennonite congregation in …

John Smyth may refer to: John Smyth (English theologian) (1554–1612), considered the earliest Baptist; John Smyth (barrister) (1941–2018), British QC, Christian lay minister, and child abuser; John Smyth (footballer) (born 1970), Irish former professional footballer