Robert Corfield, ex-minister of secretive sect, admits to child sex abuse - BBC News

Alleged victims say predators have gone unpunished for decades in Christian church known as The Truth.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage caption, (L-R) Lauren Rohs, Sheri Autrey and Michael Havet - pictured here as childrenBy George WrightBBC NewsRobert Corfield, a man who abused a boy in Canada in a secretive Christian church in the 1980s, has spoken publicly about what happened for the first time.

He was confronted by the BBC as part of a wider look into claims of child sexual abuse spanning decades within the church, known as The Truth.

His name is one of more than 700 given by people to a hotline set up to report sexual abuse within the church.

The sect says it addresses all abuse allegations.

The church, which has no official name but is often referred to as The Truth or The Way, is believed to have up to 100,000 members worldwide, with the majority in North America.

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