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First of a two-part investigation of the biggest scandal in Church of England history, telling the inside story of prolific abuser John Smyth's sinister world through testimony from his children and widow. In the 1980s, John Smyth was a high-flying barrister offering discipleship to young Christians at Winchester College, then began to invite them to lunches and parties at his family home. Before long he introduced them to a secret and brutal regime, involving cane beatings that he justified as spiritual discipline intended to relieve them of their sins