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Wikipedia's article on the Makin Review, consulted 14 August 2026. Records that Smyth is found to have abused between 115 and 130 boys and young men from the mid-1970s until his 2018 death, first through Winchester College and the Iwerne holiday camps in England and then, after his 1984 move, in Zimbabwe and South Africa; that the review found an "active cover-up" by Church officers who learned of the abuse through a 1982 report by the Reverend Mark Ruston; that the report, 253 pages plus 245 pages of appendices, was published 7 November 2024 after being leaked ahead of its planned 13 November date; and that Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby announced his resignation on 12 November 2024, the first Archbishop of Canterbury to resign over a safeguarding failure, after acknowledging he had personally failed to ensure the 2013 disclosure was energetically investigated.
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Tier 3: a general-audience tertiary reference, read directly on 14 August 2026; the victim range, cover-up finding and Welby resignation date all converge with BishopAccountability.org's independent republication of press coverage of the same review. NotesConsulted 14 August 2026. Cited for the victim-count range and the resignation date, both absent from the Church's own press release above.
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Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makin_Review
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Africa directly: "his 1984 move, in Zimbabwe and South Africa; that the review found an "active cover-up" by Church officers who learned of the abuse through a 1982 report by the Reverend Mark Ruston; that the..."
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