Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
Shamelessly reprinted with permission from The Wartburg Watch. This is not the first time that The Wartburg Watch has written about Peeping Toms. You can read about Rick Trotter at this post: How Fellowship Memphis and Downtown Church Mishandled Rick Trotter’s Alleged Voyeurism Further fallout from the Rick Trotter case
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Screen cap of porn by choir school resident pornographer Eric Erving. Full frontal nudity redacted. This morning’s post is a short one. But it’s important. Simply put, look for additional issues to come out of St. Thomas’ and its choir school over the failure of church officials to fulfill their
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Featured photo is a screen cap of religious-themed pornography produced by The Rev. Mark Schultz’s husband, Erich Erving. Schultz and Erving live at the St. Thomas Choir School and are accused of jointly sexually assaulting an adult male parishioner. Full frontal nudity in the image has been redacted. Amidst the
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By John B. Carpenter It’s not sexy, but it’s a scandal. The editors of The Gospel Coalition’s (TGC) flagship academic journal, Themelios, which TGC unfailingly promotes as “peer-reviewed,” break commitments with writers, disregard the verdicts of their expert reviewers, thus putting out a typical editor-curated magazine but in the name
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Photo courtesy St. John’s Episcopal Church, Chula Vista The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego has initiated Title IV clergy disciplinary proceedings against the Rev. Roger Haenke, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Chula Vista. The news comes amidst allegations on social media that Haenke engaged in sexual misconduct with
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Update: On August 7, 2025, DioNY intake officer Alison Quin denied that the email in question is the one actually sent by Bishop Heyd. Anglican Watch recently obtained a copy of the email Bishop Matthew Heyd sent to clergy in the Episcopal Diocese of New York in which he tried to
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As we continue our coverage of the meltdown at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Anglican Watch has confirmed that additional victims of alleged sexual misconduct have come forward. The Episcopal Diocese of New York knows of the victims. There are three troubling issues involving this development: We have seen no
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The Episcopal Title IV clergy disciplinary canons have many problems, not just the fact that they’re huge and unwieldy. And while we can’t possibly hope to cover all the issues with Title IV in one post — or even a series of posts — one big problem is the willingness
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Some time ago, Anglican Watch covered allegations of misconduct involving Daniel McClain, then the rector of St. Paul’s Dayton. These allegations ran the gamut, from bullying parishioners to an extramarital affair. Relatedly, one of the secondary players in the drama was Branches and Vine Cottage School, which McClain’s children attended.
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While we’re on the topic of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and its sordid track record of retaliating against victims of sexual abuse, a review of Bishop Matthew Hyde’s criminal history reveals some interesting inflection points. That includes having been criminally charged for passing bad checks. To be clear,
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Anglican Watch has extensively covered the meltdown at Tenth Presbyterian (PCA) in Philadelphia, which started several years ago when he church obtained a court injunction prohibiting church member and whistleblower Phil Snyder from approaching the church. Today, we’re pleased to report that Phil was able to attend the recent Survivors Network
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Sources within Opus Dei tell Anglican Watch that the Episcopal Diocese of New York (DioNY) is continuing its efforts to use Title IV to conceal its efforts to investigate, harass, intimidate, and oppress the victim in the sexual harassment case at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue. Specifically, we have learned
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30, 2025 /Christian Newswire/ — Anglican Watch, the unofficial watchdog of the Episcopal Church, today condemned the Episcopal Diocese of New York’s misuse of the Title IV clergy disciplinary process in the case of an adult victim of sexual assault at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue. Specifically, the
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As Anglican Watch continues our investigation into corruption at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, we’ve come to realize that life at the parish is really first class. As in, first-class staterooms on the Titanic, after that nasty scraping sound along the hull. And there’s no better example than the outrageous
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The Episcopal Diocese of New York appears to have a dual standard regarding confidentiality in the midst of the Title IV cases against various clergy at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue involving sexual assault and related misconduct, including an attempt at cover-up. That includes contacting the victim’s employer with defamatory comments
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Following is an Anglican Watch press release sent this morning to newswires in New York. NEWS PROVIDED BY Anglican Watch July 28, 2025 ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28, 2025 /Christian Newswire/ — Anglican Watch, the unofficial watchdog of the Episcopal Church, today demanded that the Episcopal Diocese of New York stop leaking confidential information
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Christian Zaleski, the former Episcopal High School part-time lacrosse coach who lost his job and faced criminal charges after he vandalized the homes of students, may be at it again. Since Anglican Watch first covered the story, we have received multiple requests from Zaleski asking us to take down posts about him.
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When covering church abuse, it doesn’t take long to realize that the best allies are often the most improbable. That’s the case at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, where, right behind the scenes, the conservative Roman Catholic group Opus Dei is proving very helpful to those hurt by the Episcopal
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Sources inside the Diocese of New York (DioNY) tell Anglican Watch that multiple lawsuits appear imminent in the meltdown involving sexual assault, shunning, defamation, retaliation, and more at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue. The lawsuits will be filed against both the parish and the Diocese. Once the church of the Vanderbilts
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Screen cap of piece by St. Thomas resident pornographer Erich Erving. Full frontal nudity redacted. Anglican Watch has received reports from a source close to the matter that St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue’s retaliation for complaining about sexual harassment may be expanding. Specifically, we have now identified five persons allegedly
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 24, 2025 /Christian Newswire/ — Anglican Watch, the Episcopal Church’s unofficial watchdog, today sharply criticized the Episcopal Diocese of New York for ignoring the requirements of the church’s Title IV clergy disciplinary canons. The move follows retaliation by the Episcopal Diocese of New York against a male adult
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Anglican Watch (AW) previously covered issues with Robbie Giannetta, the head of security for St. Thomas’ Fifth Avenue, and his company, Blue Perimeter, LLC. These issues included hiring convicted felon and drug dealer Tristan Rodas as an unlicensed security guard for the church. So, after seeing Giannetta working the entrance
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Today’s post highlights one of the ugliest aspects of the failed parish and diocesan responses to allegations of abuse at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue. Specifically, in addition to retaliating against the complainant, the parish and the Diocese have gone out of their way to harm the complainant, with the
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Ed: The news below comes as no surprise to us, given the ongoing issues with integrity and clergy discipline in Episcopal Church, as well as lack of accountability and lack of urgency. We cannot overstate the importance of the Episcopal Church cleaning up its act. Source: Anglican Ink, by Canon
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Yesterday, members of the Anglican Watch team, like many others, watched intently the NewsChannel 5 live stream of the Williamson County probable cause and bond reduction hearing in the Angie Solomon case. But there’s a not-so-minor problem with all of this. Specifically, we have received unconfirmed reports from someone close
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Sources close to the case tell Anglican Watch that, absent unforeseen circumstances, prosecutor Antonia Barry intends to retry Episcopal priest Richard Losch over allegations that he raped a boy at a New Hampshire boy scout camp in the 1970s. A previous trial ended in a hug jury. Anglican Watch endorses plans for a
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25, 2025 /Standard Newswire/ — Anglican Watch, the unofficial watchdog of the Episcopal Church, today called on state attorneys general to investigate the denomination’s ongoing refusal to comply with state mandatory child sex abuse reporting obligations. Of particular concern is the refusal of Episcopal Church officials to report
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Anglican Watch has been watching the mainstream coverage of Angie Solomon’s arrest. We find the coverage biased, and we object. To be clear, outlets from People to the NY Post and syndication that extends to AOL and Yahoo have all picked up news of Angie’s arrest. Further, we are ardent
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David Valencia, a former Anglican priest who was sentenced to prison and required to register as a sex offender following a conviction for sexually assaulting a teenaged girl, has resurfaced in Florida. Sources tell Anglican Watch that Valencia moved to Florida from Ligonier, PA, after local residents realized that he was
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Ever work at an organization in crisis? A place where things are so bad that the only thing to do is to start over? If so, you’ll feel a sense of déjà vu when you learn that sources close to the matter tell Anglican Watch that Grace Chapel, located in
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TLD: It’s time for Bishop Lucinda Ashby and ECR Director of Communications Carole Bartolini to tender their resignations As the scandal grows over Episcopal Bishop Lucinda Ashby’s handling of a registered sex offender in her diocese, Anglican Watch is increasingly concerned about the Diocese of El Camino Real (ECR) and its misleading
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It’s long been a fundamental tenet within private companies that illegal conduct by an employee can and should result in immediate termination. Yet the Episcopal Church, which far too often treats Title IV, the clergy disciplinary canon, as the only solution to clergy misconduct, almost invariably ignores criminal conduct and
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