Retired former Bishop of Durham the Right Reverend Paul Butler is among those who could be banned from ministry following a review of evidence in the report into the prolific abuser John Smyth QC.
Smyth, a barrister who died in South Africa in 2018 at the age of 77, attacked more than 100 boys and young men at his Winchester home in the 1970s and 1980s, the Makin Review found.
That report, published last year, concluded the abuse was covered up within the Church for decades.
While the review led to the eventual resignation of Mr Welby, the Church’s national safeguarding team (NST) undertook to look at all clergy criticised within the report.
In an update on Thursday, the Church said Bishop Butler and six others would face disciplinary proceedings under the Clergy Discipline Measure (CDM).
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 