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P.J. Smyth, lead pastor of Monument Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and a founder of the church-planting Advance Movement, left both groups Thursday after an independent report found Mr. Smyth had concealed knowledge of "sadomasochistic physical abuse" practiced decades ago by his father, Anglican leader John Smyth.
P.J. Smyth, lead pastor of Monument Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and a founder of the church-planting Advance Movement, left both groups Thursday after an independent report found Mr. Smyth had concealed knowledge of "sadomasochistic physical abuse" practiced decades ago by his father, Anglican leader John Smyth.
PJ Smyth ‘sincerely sorry’ for misleading statements, claiming that his own experience of abuse caused him ‘to bury and distort memories’
PJ Smyth has been accused of misrepresenting what he knew about his father's abuse against young boys