John Jackson Smyth, wanda aka fi sani da John Smyth, QC, ya kasance barrister na Birtaniya da kuma wanda aka zarge shi da tsangwama yara. An haife shi a Kanada a ranar 27 ga Yuni 1941, Smyth ya koma Ingila inda ya yi karatu a Trinity Hall, Cambridge, da Trinity College, Bristol. Ya zama barrister a Inner Temple a 1965 ya kuma zama recorder daga 1978 zuwa 1984.
Smyth ya shiga harkar addinin Kiristanci kuma ya zama shugaban Iwerne Trust tsakanin 1974 zuwa 1981. Ya kuma kafa Zambesi Ministries a Zimbabwe a 1986, wanda ya gudanar da sansanonin rani ga yara daga makarantun manya na kasar. Daga baya ya koma Afirka ta Kudu inda ya gudanar da Justice Alliance of South Africa (JASA).
A cikin 2017, rahotanni sun fito game da tsangwamarsa Smyth ya yi wa yara da matasa, wanda ya hada da bugun jiki da tsangwama ta hankali da ruhi. Bishop Andrew Watson na Anglican ya bayyana cewa ya kasance daya daga cikin wa da aka yi wa tsangwama. Rahoton makarantar Makin ya kammala cewa Smyth ya yi wa kimanin mutane 100 tsangwama.
Victim din John Smyth, Andy Morse, ya ce Archbishop na Canterbury, Justin Welby, ya kasa aikata wa zama a shekarar 2013 lokacin da aka sanar da shi game da tsangwamarsa Smyth. Morse ya ce Welby ya kai kasa aikata wa zama kuma ya kasa kare wa da aka yi wa tsangwama.
Mark Stibbe, wani dan uwan Morse, ya bayyana cewa Smyth ya amfani da harshe na addini don kulla wa da aka yi wa tsangwama. Ya ce tsangwamarsa ta Smyth ta shafi rayuwarsa sosai kuma har yanzu yana fama da trauma.
