Archbishop Makgoba: “Archbishop Desmond Tutu used to say that no one is beyond the love of God, that no one is irredeemably evil, but I have to say that Smyth’s vicious and foul abuse of young men tests that belief.”
The Rev. June Major, who alleges that she was raped by a fellow seminarian in 2002, agreed to end her six-day hunger strike outside the Archbishop of Cape Town's residence after the church agreed to launch a disciplinary process to investigate her allegations and to ask police to re-open her case.
Two Archbishops of Canterbury, and numerous other Anglican leaders have condemned George Floyd's death, criticized President Trump's Bible photo-op, and drawn parallels between the injustice experienced by African-Americans and minority communities in their own nations.
The Most Rev. Thabo Makgoba, archbishop of Cape Town, posted a tribute on his blog to Hugh Masekela — regarded as South Africa’s “Father of Jazz” — who died Jan. 23 at age 78. Makgoba also noted the Anglican Church’s role in starting Masekela on his journey.