{"id":216643,"date":"2025-02-06T21:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/church-scandal-man-behind-cover-up-was-abuser\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T21:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:04:49","slug":"church-scandal-man-behind-cover-up-was-abuser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/church-scandal-man-behind-cover-up-was-abuser\/","title":{"rendered":"Church scandal: Man behind cover-up was abuser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/R4K-alhK6us\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Church scandal: Man behind cover-up was abuser\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R4K-alhK6us\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Now eight years after this programme unmasked John Smyth\u2019s brutal abuse of boys and young men, an official review ordered by the Church of England revealed the full extent of the institutional cover-up of his activities. <\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe)<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n<p>Channel 4 News can disclose that the man who instigated that decades-long cover-up, a friend of Smyth&#8217;s, was himself an abuser.<br \/>\n His name is Reverend David Fletcher, a man described by his victims as the \u201cconductor of the orchestra\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>We spoke exclusively to three women about the abuse they suffered and the misogyny at the heart of the evangelical church.<\/p>\n<p>A warning, there are some very distressing details of sexual abuse in this report and If you&#8217;ve been affected by any of those issues, you can seek help by going to channel4.com\/support<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Claire Sinka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now eight years after this programme unmasked John Smyth\u2019s brutal abuse of boys and young men, an official review ordered by the Church of England revealed the full extent of the institutional cover-up of his activities. 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