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You will need to register. Mr Smyth was chairman of the Iwerne Trust, a charity linked to the church which ran Christian holiday camps for public school students. A report by the charity called the alleged assaults "horrific". The report remained private, and Mr Smyth was told to leave the country. He now lives in South Africa and has declined to comment. One of the alleged victims complained to the Church again in and it was only then referred to the police.
The bishop described Mr Smyth as a "misguided, manipulative and dangerous man". Watson attended Winchester College, where Smyth is said to have met a number of his alleged victims. Watson, 55, said a friend of his had attempted suicide on the eve of an alleged beating. It was abuse perpetrated by a misguided, manipulative and dangerous man, tragically playing on the longing of his young victims to live godly lives.
The allegations first came to light in , but neither the Iwerne Trust, which organised the summer camps, nor Winchester College, a leading public school, some of whose pupils were allegedly beaten by Smyth, informed the police. A secret report into the physical abuse allegations was carried out by the Iwerne Trust, which has since wound up, in Winchester College also conducted an inquiry, and told Smyth never to enter school premises or contact pupils again. A survivor came forward to the Church of England in , which informed the police, but no action was taken for three years.
Hampshire police are now investigating the allegations that Smyth was responsible for the abuse of teenage boys in the s and s.
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