Overview

• The Makin Review found that Sue and Sir Jamie Colman likely had significant knowledge of John Smyth's abuses in the UK and Africa.
• Sue Colman, an associate minister, and her husband, Sir Jamie, have been asked to step back from their church duties by the Diocese of Winchester.
• The review revealed that the Colmans financially supported Smyth through a trust and were trustees of a charity linked to him.
• The report has led to calls for further resignations among Church of England senior clergy, following Archbishop Justin Welby's resignation.
• John Smyth, a barrister, abused as many as 130 boys and young men over five decades and died in 2018 without facing justice.