P.J. Smyth needs help, expert tells en

Iain Taylor  |  World
Date posted:  1 Feb 2022
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P.J. Smyth needs help, expert tells en

P.J. Smyth

An international church-planting movement has stripped the son of a well-known evangelical abuser of his leadership role with them.

Following the publication of the Mullen Report, the Advance Movement has required P.J. Smyth, son of disgraced QC John Smyth, to forfeit his post within the organisation. The report, based on an investigation by author and victim’s advocate Wade Mullen, has given five key reasons for this decision.

Speaking separately to en, a church safeguarding expert said P.J. needed counselling to help him process his own childhood trauma.

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