Earlier today, Ocean City officials issued a $1000/day fine as part of the town’s ongoing efforts to shut down a low-barrier emergency shelter ministry operated by the Episcopal parish of St. Paul’s by-the-Sea. As a result, church officials tell Anglican Watch. The church does not intend to pay the fine or any future citations. The…
Anglican Watch recently received leaked internal documents from the Temple Beth Zion (TBZ) board that confirm allegations of sexual harassment by Rabbi Jonathan Freirich. Additionally, the documents make clear that synagogue board members were fully cognizant that they were not acting with transparency and integrity in addressing these issues. The documents also make clear that…
NEWS PROVIDED BY Anglican Watch June 5, 2026 ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5, 2026 /Standard Newswire/ — Anglican Watch, the unofficial watchdog of the Episcopal Church, today condemned the failure of senior Episcopal Bishops, including former Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, to report allegations of historic child sexual abuse to law enforcement. The allegations in question involve The Rev….
In today’s post, we explore just one aspect of a series of ethics problems involving Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, who, at the time of the underlying incidents, served Temple Beth Zion (TBZ) in Buffalo, NY. Specifically, we want to deal with how the synagogue and the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), which is the one…
June is Pride Month, and for many, it’s a time to celebrate the rich diversity of God’s creation in all its forms. It’s also a time to push for growth, inclusion, and acceptance. As part of that, Anglican Watch believes it’s time for the Episcopal Church actually to become inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community. To…
Reposted in honor of Pride, 2026. You have to hand it to the Episcopal Church: it may be a tiny denomination, but it generates heroic volumes of paper. Mountains. Heaps. Rivers of paper. But buried deep within this year’s Blue Book are the results of a survey on abuse towards LGBTQ+ persons that is both…
Ed: Anglican Watch editor Eric Bonetti did not participate in the preparation of this post Earlier today, Anglican Watch filed a formal complaint with the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) against Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp for making perjurious statements in a petition for an Ohio stalking protection order (OSPO), which Terlinchamp filed on December 3,…
Earlier today, Christ Church Frederica informed Anglican Watch that it is, as we suspected, the victim of an alleged embezzlement by former parish administrator Glenn Queener. It is important to note that the matter is under police investigation, and specifics may change as additional details emerge. As things stand, the church alleges that, between 2021 and 2026,…
Anglican Watch has received credible reports of a major embezzlement at a parish located within the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. While details are still thin, we believe the theft involves a lay employee, and the church in question has suffered losses exceeding $200,000. We are sending out Freedom of Information and other requests for additional…
Apparently, it’s not only St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, the former church of the Vanderbilts and other scions of the Gilded Age, that thinks its rector needs to live life large in a wildly pricy condominium. Indeed, Anglican Watch has learned that St. Stephen’s, located in Coconut Grove, Florida, just ponied up $3 million for a…
In 2022, the Central Conference of American Rabbis (“CCAR”) publicly apologized for decades of failures in its ethics system. The organization admitted that complainants had been harmed not only by rabbinic misconduct, but by CCAR’s own ethics process. But the evidence suggests that nothing has changed in CCAR. Specifically, despite promises of change, transparency, accountability,…
Angie Solomon, accused last year of allegedly trying to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband, has hired Beverly Hills defense attorney Darren Richie to represent her in the resulting high—profile criminal case. Solomon gained international attention after the mysterious death of her son, Grant, while in the custody of his father, Aaron Solomon. Additionally,…
Approximately a week ago, Anglican Watch filed a complaint against Temple Sholom Cincinnati’s Rabbi Ari Jun with the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) ethics committee. As we expected, CCAR dismissed our complaint, which further underscores corruption within the Reform Movement. At issue are the lies in a recent Temple Sholom email, which falsely claimed…
Earlier this week, Anglican Watch launched an online petition on Change.org, seeking to stop the sale of the deconsecrated St. Thomas Church in New Windsor, NY. The petition is here; we encourage readers to sign it. The church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is the earliest American example of English Medieval Gothic…
Since we first picked up the story of Bishop Matthew “Bad Check” Heyd and the fuster-cluck that is clergy discipline in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, things have just gotten uglier and uglier. And current concerns about Heyd’s decision to deconsecrate the lovely St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New Windsor, New York (despite its…
Sources close to the matter tell Anglican Watch that retired Dallas Bishop George Sumner may be planning to hole up at Advent Boston. These allegations came to light shortly before Bishop Anthony Poggo, the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, visited Advent to discuss the organization’s future. On the one hand, these reports are troubling,…
The town of Ocean City, Maryland, zoning department recently issued a notice of zoning violation as part of its ongoing efforts to shut down a low-barrier emergency shelter ministry in the city operated by the Episcopal parish of St. Paul’s by-the-Sea. The city’s actions follow good-faith attempts by the church to address city concerns about…
Earlier this week, Anglican Watch offered Cincinnati’s Temple Sholom the chance to immediately shut down our criticism of conduct by synagogue leadership. Specifically, we sent multiple leaders at the synagogue an email, asking them to provide citations and other documentation to prove their written claims that in an attempt to move past these rumors, Rabbi Terlinchamp has…
Earlier today, Cincinnati’s Temple Sholom attempted to defend Rabbi Terlinchamp by sending an email to synagogue members that attempted to refute the allegations raised in our earlier post. In doing so, Temple Sholom not only shared fabrications with its members; it also confirmed our deep-seated concerns about a broken ethical reference point at the synagogue….
As part of our ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption within the Jewish Reform movement, Anglican Watch is publishing specific evidence of corruption involving Cincinnati’s Temple Sholom, and the synagogue’s former rabbi, Miriam Terlinchamp. Our investigation began after we received requests for assistance from several Jewish individuals. Before we plunge into specifics, one general observation:…
In recent years, the Roman church has, on paper, made great strides in addressing child sex abuse by Catholic priests. Yet, as the story of Chris O’Leary makes clear, there’s ample reason to conclude that the church continues to protect alleged high-level predators, including Cardinal Timothy Dolan. The allegations So, at the most basic level,…
The Episcopal Church has long recognized that, for clergy transitions to succeed, there must be a conscious effort to make peace with the past. With that in mind, Anglican Watch urges bishop-elect Rev. Richard T. Lawson and the Diocese of Alabama to address a great moral failing of the Diocese under Bishop Glenda Curry, which…
The Episcopal Diocese of New York (DioNY) is again refusing to follow the express provisions of Title IV of the clergy disciplinary canons in a series of complaints filed against Carl Turner, the corrupt rector of St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue (STC). The Diocese’s decision follows an appeal by Anglican Watch of Title IV intake…
The Episcopal Diocese of Ohio has announced that police are investigating the finances of the local chapter of the Episcopal Church Women. This post discusses the implications of the announcement, Letter from the Bishop Diocesan In a letter released to the public, Bishop Diocesan Anne B Jolly writes: Dear Beloved Ones in the Diocese of…
Republished from VirtueOnline. As the denomination sinks slowly toward its twilight years, carried along by an aging congregation of Baby Boomers with few younger members filling the pews behind them, corruption has risen in near-perfect proportion to the weakening of its institutional safeguards. The Episcopal Church did not arrive at its present crisis overnight. What…
Dear editor, Recently, I came across a series of derogatory postings about Anglican Watch on the /Anglicanism and /Episcopalian subreddits. I want to respond. The persons in question need to learn the meaning of the word “salacious.” To be clear, it does not mean scandalous, impertinent, or defamatory, contrary to how it is used in…
At first blush, this post seems to be far outside our wheelhouse. But dig deeper, and you’ll see it aligns closely with Anglican Watch’s mission. Specifically, we’re calling on readers to boycott Parker’s Kitchen convenience stores for two reasons: 1) The chain allegedly sold alcohol to the late — and then underage — Paul Murdaugh…
Several weeks ago, Anglican Watch announced that, at the request of several Jewish individuals, we’ve launched an investigation into several key organizations and individuals within Reform Judaism. And while this story was not planned as our initial post in the series, the recent news that the Ohio Attorney General is suing Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute…
Following is the experience of one of our readers. Can you guess which diocese this is? ~Editor Growing up, the Diocese was more than just a religious institution—it was the heartbeat of our community. Yet, as I became more involved, I began to notice cracks beneath the surface. There were times when communication broke down,…
Earlier, we posted about Roger Haenke, an Episcopal priest and registered nurse who was allegedly caught on social media attempting to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old boy for sex. We have additional information. Per the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, the Diocese defrocked Haekne soon after the allegations went public. That’s where it…