How long, O Lord? David Fletcher is the latest conservative evangelical to be exposed as an abuser
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Tim Wyatt2025-02-07T15:51:00
Rev David Fletcher, brother to Jonathan and named in the Makin report as being instrumental in the cover up of John Smythe’s abuse, has himself now been accused of abuse. Tim Wyatt explores what happened, and what needs to change in the conservative evangelical church world to ensure such horrors cannot occur again
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