Learning from the Smyth-Fletcher Abuse

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Learning from the Smyth-Fletcher Abuse Carl flies solo today as he speaks with the Rev. Dr. Peter Sanlon, an old friend and a minister in the Anglican Church in the UK. Their conversation is a somber one dealing with a horrific scandal of abuse that has emerged in the past couple of years involving a prominent Anglican minister, the Reverend Jonathan Fletcher. The full report of the abuses made public just a week ago is challenging to understand when reviewed on this side of the Atlantic, due to its cultural and religious context. Peter provides background information and explains the connection with another prominent name, the late John Smyth. What about the victims who have come forward? Is there a system in place to care for them, and how is that done? The notes below link to additional information about the scandal and to a charity where victims can find help. Show Notes: Support for victims or those affected by Fletcher: Email thirtyone:eight charity in confidence for details of fund to provide counseling: ecwsupportfund@thirtyoneeight.org Reviews on Smyth: https://soulinformation.org/su-report-executive-summary thirtyone:eight review on Fletcher: https://walkingwith.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Final+Report+of+ECW+Review_March+2021.pdf IAG statement on Fletcher review: https://soulinformation.org/iagstatement Learning about abuse: https://soulinformation.org/video-resources The Making of Them by Nick Duffell We’re pleased to offer an important resource on this topic. Register for the opportunity to win a free copy of Something’s Not Right: Decoding the Hidden Tactics of Abuse and Freeing Yourself from Its Power. The books are a generous gift from our friends at Tyndale Momentum.

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0:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by the Davenant Institute.
0:03.7	Online at davenant institute.org.
0:06.4	Hear more at the conclusion of today's program. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:33.8	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:39.1	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:53.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin. My name's Carl Truman, a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College in beautiful western Pennsylvania.
1:01.0	Normally I'm here with my friend and co-host, the Reverend Todd Pruitt, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. But Todd is unavailable today due to
1:13.7	pastoral duties. And so I'm going to be flying solo with our guest. My guest is the Reverend Peter
1:21.4	Sanlan. He's pastor of an Anglican Church in the United Kingdom. And Peter and I have been friends for some years.
1:29.4	Good to have you on the show, Peter.
1:31.4	Thank you very much, Carl.
1:32.6	Yes, I first met you when I was a university student back in Oxford, 1998, inviting
1:37.8	you to come and do little theology talks for us eager young theology students.
1:43.4	I remember that. I remember that at Wiccliffe Hall,
1:45.9	I think you were at the time. That's right. That's right. Yeah. And we had dinner that night at
1:50.4	Christchurch College in the hall, of course, that became the basis for the Harry Potter movies,
1:57.0	I think, in the dinners there. We put out all the stops for you when you visited, yes.
2:01.6	Yes.
2:02.6	Sadly, you're on the program today to talk about a much more somber and sad subject.
2:07.6	Many of our listeners in the United States of America will be familiar with the recent Ravi Zacharias disaster over here.
2:15.6	Well, in the United Kingdom, a similar, not a parallel, but a similarly
2:22.1	disastrous situation has been emerging really over the last few years surrounding a very
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