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Smyth survivor advocateBBC
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John Smyth used his role in a Christian charity to assault over 100 children and young men.
Smyth's death in 2018 meant he escaped justice for crimes stretching back decades .
He was put on trial in Zimbabwe for culpable homicide after the suspicious death of a 16-year-old boy in Zimbabwe .
Police were not told about Smyth ’s crimes for over 30 years because of an active cover up’ inside the Church of England .
Now, an advocate for the victims tells the BBC the police were not sufficiently curious’ when told about him.
Makin Review raises questions about the police’s overall handling of the reports it had received in this period and the failure to follow up on them.
In 2017 police finally launched an investigation - Operation Cubic - but only after press reporting.
Victim advocate Andrew Graystone says police were too busy with Jimmy Savile and other victims.
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