Andrew Watson, the Anglican Bishop of Guildford, must be a pretty remarkable chap. He was among those young people at a Christian holiday camp in the late 1970s and early 1980s who have now spoken out about enduring brutal beatings from John Smyth, now a retired QC. These terrible assaults were apparently supposed to help the recipients get rid of their pride and become holy. Most people who had been through that would hate the Church and turn their backs on it, but instead Andrew Watson became a bishop.
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Looking back at a tragic misjudgment
andrew watson, the anglican bishop of guildford, must be a pretty remarkable chap. he was among those young people at a christian holiday ca...
Ann Widdecombe
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