Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
One surefire sign of a toxic parish—which usually means a toxic priest too—is when church members don’t see the need to tell the truth. And so it is with St. Paul’s Dayton, where we just nuked comments from a “Jasper,” posting under the email address “ho************@********il.com.” So, let’s clarify a
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In times of conflict or crisis, it is essential that communication from parish leadership be considered and accurate. But the recent messaging from St. Paul’s senior warden Jay Woodhull contains an important misstatement. Woodhull’s message states that “it is a requirement that the Diocese conduct an investigation any time a
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We’ve seen the various announcements from the St. Paul’s Dayton about the postponement of the installation of Daniel McClain and we are calling BS, world without end, on the vestry. Specifically, while the vestry tells people that the Title IV complaint against McClain was anonymous, it wasn’t. Anglican Watch filed the
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American society is abandoning religion at an unbelievable pace. Anyone who takes a cursory look at the statistics can tell you that’s the case. The non-religious are now ~30% of American adults. Among Generation Z, it’s probably closer to 45%. Today, only a quarter of Americans attend religious services. The synagogues, mosques, and churches
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