A member of the family behind Colman's Mustard has been named in the damning abuse report which triggered the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Sir Jamie Colman, the son of Sir Michael Colman, and his minister wife Rev Sue Colman were likely to have had "significant knowledge" of the abuse carried out by barrister John Smyth, an independent review found.
Sir Jamie's father was the last of the Colman family to have run the company behind the famous Norwich-produced mustard, before it was sold to Unilever in 1995.
Across five decades in three different countries and involving as many as 130 boys and young men in the UK and Africa, Smyth is said to have subjected his victims to traumatic physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual attacks, permanently marking their lives.
He died aged 77 in Cape Town in 2018 while under investigation by Hampshire Police.
The independent Makin Review into the abuse by Smyth noted Sir Jamie and his wife visited Smyth in South Africa in the 1990s and provided him with funding.
Sir Jamie was chairman of the UK Zambesi Trust, while his wife, who has been serving as associate minister at St Leonard’s Church in Oakley, near Basingstoke in Hampshire, was also a trustee.
The review said: "It is likely, on the balance of probabilities, that both Jamie and Sue Colman had significant knowledge of the abuses in the UK and Africa, given their positions as trustees."
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In a statement on Thursday, the Diocese of Winchester said it has asked Mrs Colman "to step back from all ministerial duties while we reflect on the review’s findings and work with the National Safeguarding Team to take steps to manage any associated risk".
It added: “Mr Colman has no official ministerial position in our diocese but has also been asked to step back from volunteering.”
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said on Tuesday that his decision to step down – which came after days of pressure following the report’s publication – was in the best interests of the Church.
Among those tipped to replace him is the Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher.
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