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Update: More questions arise about St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue, including a convicted drug dealer working as a security guard

July 7, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Headline photo Tristan Rodas, credit Bergen County NJ. Anglican Watch’s ongoing investigation of problems at St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue, has uncovered additional disturbing allegations, including charges that Vicar and COO the Rev. Matthew Moretz has repeatedly brushed off allegations brought to him of abuse, and allowed a person convicted of

Op-ed: Reflections on the decision to overturn Cayce Ramey’s Title IV conviction

July 6, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

There’s a perception in some quarters that Anglican Watch is hostile to the Diocese of Virginia (DioVA). We’ll leave that to others to decide, but we want to be clear on our position about Cayce Ramey and the Diocese. Specifically, DioVA had it more right than wrong in going after

Episcopal court overturns discipline of Virginia priest over eucharistic fast

July 6, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Courtesy of George Conger and Anglican Ink. The Episcopal Church’s Court of Review has ruled in favor of a Virginia priest who was disciplined for conducting a three-year “Eucharistic fast” as a protest against racial injustice. The decision reverses the Diocese of Virginia’s disciplinary action against the Rev. Dr. Cayce

The Episcopal Church is still the church of presidents. It’s just that, like the rest of us, the presidents no longer attend. And the church has no street cred to be the engine of anything.

July 5, 2025 Anglican Watch 2 comments

Sean Rowe recently made a statement in which he said that the Episcopal Church, once the church of presidents, now must be an engine of resistance. To that we say, “Actually, the Episcopal Church is still the church of presidents. It’s just that presidents, like the rest of us, long

Steve W S on Meanwhile, back at Tenth Pres, talk is cheap, but contrition is nowhere to be found: “Imagine still going to, volunteering at, or donating to, Tenth at this point. Wonder how much of the congregation genuinely…”

the truth on Update: Susan Elzey, adultery, perjury, and clergy sexual abuse: “Paul Duggan has been singing the same song for several years now. he was well aware of wynne’s action and…”

Mary Barrett on St. Thomas Fifth Avenue: Should porn producer Erich Erving be living amidst Choir School kids? We don’t think so.: “Man, what a mess. Thank you for sinking your teeth into St. Thomas and not letting go. No wonder TEC…”

Wayne on Update: St. Thomas Fifth Avenue night custodian appears to be a convicted felon: “Talk about the Fox guarding the hen house! What will it take for leadership to actually do something? I’m betting…”

pca nomore on Update: Susan Elzey, adultery, perjury, and clergy sexual abuse: “The following message was sent by the Tenth Elders to the Tenth Pres. congregation this week: At the congregational meeting…”