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Victim recounts abuse as Archbishop of Canterbury resigns

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Victim recounts abuse as Archbishop of Canterbury resigns

Victim recounts abuse as Archbishop of Canterbury resigns

Victim Richard Gittins recounts receiving a “beating with a cane on bare bottom” as the Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over the Church of England’s failure to alert authorities to the abuse of boys by John Smyth.

Report by Ajagbef.

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