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Leaks, transparency and misconduct: Lessons from St. Thomas Fifth Avenue

July 11, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Screen cap of “Saint David of Wales” by porn producer and St. Thomas resident Erich Erving. Full frontal nudity redacted. Original is exclusively the property of the creator. One of the amusing things for those of us who cover the church abuse beat is how clueless church officials are about

Anglican Watch files Title IV clergy disciplinary complaint against the Rev. Canon Carl Turner, rector of St. Thomas Fifth Avenue

July 2, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Anglican Watch calls for criminal investigation of Episcopal Church

Yesterday, Anglican Watch filed a Title IV clergy disciplinary complaint against the Rev. Canon Carl Turner, rector of St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue. We did so on behalf of a male victim of sexual assault at the church, whom we referred to by the pseudonym “Michael” in order to protect his privacy and

Update: Things go from bad to worse at St. Thomas’ Fifth Avenue

June 30, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

St Thomas Fifth Avenue goes from bad to worse

Earlier, we posted about the appalling allegations of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and retaliation against a male member of St. Thomas’ Fifth Avenue, the storied former church home of Brooke Astor, the Vanderbilts, and other pillars of the Gilded Age. Since then, there have been multiple developments, none of them

Lack of adultery charges against Liam Goligher disrespects his wife and others and makes a mockery of the PCA’s claim to biblical authority, even as cheap grace abounds

June 14, 2025 Anglican Watch 4 comments

Following an Anglican Watch report on PCA pastor Liam Goligher and his guilty plea to sex in a public park with married church member Susan Elzey, a lengthy but illusory disciplinary process against Goligher played out within the Philadelphia Presbytery. The process, marked by multiple lies by Goligher about his