Simon Jonathon Graham Doggart (8 February 1961 – 23 July 2017) was an English headmaster, and a co-abuser in the Church of England John Smyth sado-masochistic abuse of young men scandal.
[8] According to a contemporaneous document seen by the Makin Review as attempts began to be made to investigate and address this abuse (DCMF 9, March 1982, Makin Review page 77), the practice of beatings began in 1978, but from summer 1979 it gradually escalated in frequency and severity of beatings, and the number of victims involved.
Further such incidents are recorded as taking place in March and April 1981, including Smyth and Doggart abusing a victim at the Iwerne Summer Camp in August 1981.
Simon Doggart died in 2017 shortly after the abuse was investigated by Channel 4 and we were therefore unable to meet with him as part of this process.” The chronology refers to correspondence dated 24 December 2014 (and phone calls through to March 2015) confirming that the Hampshire Police had been informed on 30 September 2014 of Doggart’s role in the abuse, “including his work in a school”, and were considering especially whether victims had been under 18 years of age (Makin Review, 14.3.63).
On 12 November 2024, following publication of the Makin Review, Justin Welby announced his intention to resign as Archbishop of Canterbury; this report was critical of the Church's handling of allegations of sado-masochistic abuse committed by the barrister John Smyth, aided and abetted by Doggart, and was also critical of Welby's failure to investigate the allegations.