Bishop of Winchester: The Church's corporate naivete led to the most appalling abuse

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Unlike many English bishops, Mounstephen's work at CMS gave him a first-hand knowledge of that global Anglican dimension so he knows that in its provinces in Africa the questions that preoccupy our domestic church, such as same-sex marriage, are non-starters.
44% : He only heard about Smyth's abuse in 2013, he insists. Trying to explain how Smyth used his claim to be a lay reader to gain such easy access to boys at public schools like Winchester, he describes his "apparent respectability, not just in Church terms, but socially.

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