Recently Anglican Watch received a take-down request from Tommy Allen, a former Episcopal priest who faced criminal charges after allegedly physically assaulting two family members. We have declined this attempt at censorship for two reasons: 1) When someone mentions legal counsel, it is our policy to deal only with legal counsel. 2) The allegations referenced in the story are matters… Read More »
In 2008 Episcopal priest Michael Ruk stepped down as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Levittown, Pennsylvania and All Saints Episcopal Church, Fallsington, both in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania(Philadelphia) after revelations that he had posted Craigslist personals ads offering “sacred and sensual body work” for men for $100.00 with “something extra afterwards.” A New Jersey man… Read More »
Ellen Cooke was convicted in 1996 of embezzling more than $1.5 million from the national offices of the Episcopal Church while serving as treasurer. In addition, she was found guilty of tax evasion. A college dropout, Cooke was known for a tyrannical management style. Her misconduct was discovered when her husband Nicholas T. Cooke II, then an Episcopal… Read More »
One of the claims made by the dissidents in the Montvale haters is that they don’t espouse anti-LGBTQ hatred. This is part of their gaslighting efforts, which are yet another form of abusive conduct. The following letter was sent by church neighbor Cynthia Planker to the church and to the Episcopal bishop of Newark. In it, we see… Read More »
Attorney Jeffery Chiow represented Grace Episcopal Church, the Rev. Robert H. Malm, and the Rev. Leslie Steffensen in litigation involving Anglican Watch editor Eric Bonetti and his husband, Michael Smith. The lawsuit involved fabricated claims by Malm that various words, taken out of context from a blog published by Bonetti’s late mother, Sigrid Yahner, were somehow threats. Malm also claimed that… Read More »
A group of activists, including Anglican Watch editor Eric Bonetti, have launched a site calling for a boycott of Montvale NJ area businesses. Located at https://boycottmontvale.com/, the site includes a petition on change.org. Montvale is home to numerous businesses, including Sharp, Benjamin Moore, Ingersoll Rand, Wegmans, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Davey’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, Perfect Limo Service, Inc., CrossCountry… Read More »
In 1996, the New Jersey State Appellate Court ruled that a parishioner could sue clergy for malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty. The ruling was on a lawsuit by an adult woman against the Rev. Fletcher Harper and the Rev. Alex MacDonell. The parishioner was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church, Bergenfield, New Jersey, where she alleged… Read More »
In January 2021 an adult man filed a lawsuit against the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island for historical sexual abuse at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, College Point, in Flushing, New York. The suit alleges a period of five to six months of repeated and coerced sexual abuse at the church when the plaintiff was 16 years old. The… Read More »
It’s well established that the haters in Montvale are childish and ugly. But now, thanks to Joe Wahler, we see that they are stupid as well. That’s evinced by Wahler’s puerile and utterly clueless email he sent to us, which is posted above. Cutting to the chase: Any lawyer worth her salt is not going to encourage self… Read More »
Episcopal priest John Elton Smith Jr. fled the state after he resigned as rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Butte, Montana in the Episcopal Diocese of Montana on January 30, 2012. Smith was accused of “extreme mismanagement” of the church’s finances and causing a breakdown in congregational relationships. Under Smith, attendance declined from 200 on Sundays to… Read More »