# Roger Combes

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**Roger Matthew Combes** (born 12 June 1947) is a retired [Archdeacon of Horsham](/source/Archdeacon_of_Horsham).[1]

## Birth and education

Combes was educated at [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London),[2] and [Ridley Hall, Cambridge](/source/Ridley_Hall,_Cambridge).[3]

## Church career

Combes was [ordained](/source/Ordained) in 1974 and was a [curate](/source/Curate) at [St Paul's, Onslow Square](/source/St_Paul's,_Onslow_Square), [Holy Trinity Brompton](/source/Holy_Trinity_Brompton), and [Holy Sepulchre](/source/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre,_Cambridge) with [All Saints](/source/St_Andrew_the_Great), [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge).[4] He became [Rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of [Silverhill, East Sussex](/source/Silverhill,_East_Sussex), in 1983 and was the [Archdeacon of Horsham](/source/Archdeacon_of_Horsham) from 2003 until his retirement in 2014.[5]

Combes was associated with the running of the [Iwerne camps](/source/Iwerne_camps), [evangelical Christian](/source/Evangelicalism) [holiday camps](/source/Summer_camp) aimed at children from British [public schools](/source/Public_school_(United_Kingdom)). He was one of the eight people to be circulated the Ruston Report in 1982, detailing the abuse of children at [Winchester College](/source/Winchester_College) and elsewhere by chairman of the [Iwerne Trust](/source/Iwerne_Trust) [John Smyth](/source/John_Smyth_(barrister)). Combes later stated to a 2020s [Church of England Independent Review](/source/Makin_Review) that realising the nature of the report, he chose not to read it as he felt that victims would be embarrassed if he knew the details, so he did not know just how serious the allegations were until the details became public in 2017.[6][7]

## Personal life

In 1983 he married Christine Mary Keiller.

## Notes

1. [Diocese of Chichester](http://www.diochi.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.content&cmid=19)

1. [Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who) 2008: London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8

1. [Crockfords](/source/Crockford's_clerical_directory) (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6

1. [Crockfords](/source/Crockford's_clerical_directory) (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6

1. [http://www.chichester.anglican.org/news/2014/06/27/retirement-archdeacon-horsham/](http://www.chichester.anglican.org/news/2014/06/27/retirement-archdeacon-horsham/) [dead link]

1. Makin, Keith (18 October 2024). ["Independent Learning Lessons Review - John Smyth QC"](https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/independent-learning-lessons-review-john-smyth-qc-november-2024.pdf). Church of England. pp. 80–81. Retrieved 8 November 2024.

1. Harber, Ali (January 2022). ["A letter from the reviewers"](https://www.winchestercollege.org/assets/files/uploads/john-smyth-review-winchester-college-jan-2022-final.pdf). Winchester College. Retrieved 8 November 2024.

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