Okay, we get it. Churches like to accentuate the positive. But there’s a point where things skid past the positive and into the realm of dishonesty. In fact, the word “gaslighting” comes to mind. And so it is with claims on Advent’s social media that Dallas bishop George Sumner was warmly welcomed
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Episcopal priest Amjad Samuel implodes in Title IV proceeding
For several months, Anglican Watch has covered the sad and ugly saga of Amjad Samuel and Title IV clergy disciplinary allegations that he has bullied and abused parishioners and forced people out of the church who disagree with him. Now, in recent filings with the Episcopal Church in Connecticut (ECCT) hearing panel,
Continue readingCorrection: Church of the Advent allegedly pays Anderson legal bill
Sources close to the matter have told Anglican Watch that the earlier information we received, which is that the Diocese of Massachusetts paid outgoing Church of the Advent rector Douglas Anderson’s legal bill in his Title IV clergy disciplinary case, is incorrect. We are told that the church’s senior warden told the
Continue readingProtestors converge on Church of the Advent, Boston to oppose corruption and sexual harassment
A small but appropriately noisy group of determined protestors showed up outside the Church of the Advent, Boston, last night in order to protest the presence of Dallas bishop George Sumner at the church. Sumner was giving a Lenten presentation on Anglo-Catholicism. Below is a video Anglican Watch received from
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