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Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue announces investigation into allegations of sexual abuse, nine months after it first learned about these issues and retaliated against the complainant
ByAnglican Watch September 19, 2025November 2, 2025

The purpose of this post is simple: We are calling BS on Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue following the church’s announcement that it is conducting a third-party investigation into allegations of sexual assault. Specifically, while the church claims in an email sent today that “the safety of all those in our communities is of paramount…

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As Alabama diocese looks for new bishop diocesan, corruption and clergy disciplinary problems remain unaddressed
ByAnglican Watch September 17, 2025November 2, 2025

As the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama slogs through the process of identifying a successor to retiring bishop Glenda Curry, enormous problems with clergy discipline and organizational integrity remain. Thus, if the Diocese is to survive in its current form, whoever next serves as bishop diocesan has a lot of hard work ahead of them. Before…

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ACNA bishop Ruch trial to resume on October 8
ByAnglican Watch September 15, 2025November 2, 2025

The Court for the Trial of a Bishop released the following statement this evening, concerning the restart date of the Ecclesiastical Trial of Bishop Stewart Ruch. This statement and further information about this case can be found on the ACNA’s Ecclesiastical Court Updates page. The Trial Court of a Bishop announces that, in its recent…

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Why editorial independence is important, both for Anglican Watch and for other so-called “discernment bloggers”
ByAnglican Watch September 14, 2025November 2, 2025

Over the past year, we’ve had several situations in which we’ve faced external pressure to edit or remove content because someone doesn’t like it. When that happens, things usually end badly, with this publication having to tell someone to take a hike and the hiker feeling that our staff wasn’t very nice, helpful, or whatever…

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Episcopal school headmaster jailed on child porn charges
ByAnglican Watch September 13, 2025November 2, 2025

Source: Anglican Ink The former headmaster of St. Anne’s Episcopal School in Middletown, Del., has entered a plea agreement with state prosecutors after being charged with 25 counts of felony dealing in child pornography. On 4 September 2025 Justin Lee Smith pled guilty to a single count of dealing in child pornography prior to trial…

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Allegations of spiritual abuse and anti-law enforcement bias emerge from Elmbrook Church, Wisconsin
ByAnglican Watch September 11, 2025November 2, 2025

We recently had the chance to speak with a former member of Elmbrook Church in Wisconsin, Michael Goldmann. Based on our conversations, we have serious concerns about spiritual abuse and possible anti-law enforcement bias at Elmbrook Church, a non-denominational mega-church located in Brookfield, WI. About Michael Goldmann Michael is a former supervisory officer at the…

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Quick update
ByAnglican Watch September 11, 2025November 2, 2025

We’re a little behind schedule with today’s post due to the horrific news of the death of Charlie Kirk. While we ardently disagree with many of Kirk’s views, we categorically reject violence. Such behavior has no role in our society. Also, we are removing comments about the situation at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and…

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Key Biscayne parish defrauded of $500K
ByAnglican Watch September 10, 2025November 2, 2025

Source: Anglican Ink St. Christopher’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Key Biscayne, has been rocked by allegations of large-scale financial misconduct. Police have confirmed they are investigating a possible fraud scheme involving roughly $519,000 siphoned from parish bank accounts. The Key Biscayne Independent reports church officials discovered irregularities in financial records this summer, prompting immediate contact with…

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EXCLUSIVE: St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, EDNY, Bishop Matthew Heyd, Carl Turner and others sued following alleged sexual assault by gay church members, priest
ByAnglican Watch September 9, 2025November 2, 2025

The victim in a series of an alleged series sexual assaults by gay employees of St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue has sued the Episcopal Diocese of New York, St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Bishop Matthew Heyd, and several other individuals. Although the plaintiff is named in the lawsuit, we are referring to him by his…

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Albany Cathedral Choirmaster Denies Sex-Abuse Allegations
ByAnglican Watch September 8, 2025November 2, 2025

Source: The Living Church The music director at the cathedral of the Diocese of Albany has denied allegations in a civil lawsuit that he groomed and sexually abused a young chorister two decades ago, when both were singers at the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys in New York City. Woodrow Bynum, who has…

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Title IV clergy disciplinary complaint filed against David Halt after allegedly forcing gay couple out of St. James, Texarkana
ByAnglican Watch September 6, 2025November 2, 2025

Anglican Watch has learned that a member of St. James Texarkana has filed a Title IV complaint with the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas against rector James Halt. We are withholding the name of the complainant. The allegations claim that Halt attempted to push a gay couple out of the parish based on fabricated claims that…

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Seminary of the Southwest Dean fired
ByAnglican Watch September 6, 2025November 2, 2025

September 5, 2025 Dear Seminary of the Southwest Alumni and Friends, With a heavy heart, I write to inform you that yesterday the Board terminated Dean and President Scott Bader-Saye effective immediately. Dean Bader-Saye’s termination comes following his admission of developing an inappropriate relationship with an employee with whom he was in a supervisory relationship….

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Former Florida bishop absent as disciplinary panel hears arguments about his unresponsiveness
ByAnglican Watch September 6, 2025November 2, 2025

[Episcopal News Service] Former Florida Bishop John Howard “sort of fell off the radar” and has not been heard from since February, a church attorney told a disciplinary hearing panel Aug. 20 in the Title IV cases against Howard, who is accused of discrimination and financial impropriety. More than 40 people, including several clergy and…

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Ohio cathedral responds to arrest of communications manager charged with attempted sexual assault, soliciting a minor
ByAnglican Watch September 6, 2025November 2, 2025

[Episcopal News Service] The Very Rev. Bernard J. Owens, dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 4 issued a statement saying the cathedral’s communications manager, Brett Boardwine, has been placed on administrative leave after he was charged with attempted sexual conduct with a minor, and “importuning,” the legal term for soliciting a…

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Diocese of Easton appoints Bud Shane as assisting bishop
ByAnglican Watch September 6, 2025November 2, 2025

Following is a press release issued by the Episcopal Diocese of Easton. We applaud the move to bring in Shane, as well as efforts to resolve ongoing conflict within the Diocese caused by retiring bishop Santosh Marray’s narcissistic machinations. August 15, 2025 The Standing Committee is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rt. Rev’d…

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Psychedelics advocate removed from ministry
ByAnglican Watch September 6, 2025November 2, 2025

Source: The Living Church The Rev. Hunt Priest, the founder of a society dedicated to helping clergy integrate the use of psychedelic drugs into pastoral care, has been deposed from the ministry of the Episcopal Church by Bishop Frank Logue of Georgia. An August 5 accord announcing the action concludes a 13-month Title IV process…

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Sister publication The Wartburg Watch goes offline due to hackers
ByAnglican Watch September 6, 2025November 2, 2025

The Wartburg Watch, a sister publication of Anglican Watch, has been knocked offline, apparently by hackers. Operated by a dear friend of ours, Dee Parsons, the publication covers a wide-ranging array of abuse, with an emphasis on evangelical churches. Dee’s efforts, along with those of Amy Smith, Julie Smith, Jules Woodson, and others, have been…

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Episcopal Congregation in Ohio Joins ACNA
ByAnglican Watch September 6, 2025November 2, 2025

Following is a letter from the Episcopal Bishop of Ohio, Anne Jolly. While we have sharply divergent views than ACNA, particularly on LGBTQ+ issues, Anglican Watch predicts we will see a continuing exodus of members from the Episcopal Church due to the latter’s dysfunctional clergy disciplinary system, as well as an overall lack of accountability, integrity, and…

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Uproar continues at Incarnation Anglican Church Williamsburg (ACNA) over the ordination of women and more
ByAnglican Watch September 6, 2025November 2, 2025

A long-running conflict at Incarnation Anglican Church, located in Williamsburg, VA, has again entered the public eye following the release of a letter from the Standing Committee of the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic (DOMA) declining to address allegations of misconduct by DOMA Bishop Chris Warner. We provide the full letter below, followed by an excellent…

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Diocese of Virginia continues Title IV proceedings against Cayce Ramey
ByAnglican Watch September 5, 2025November 2, 2025

We’ve previously covered the ongoing Title IV issues with Cayce Ramey in the Diocese of Virginia. A review of the information posted on the Diocese of Virginia website reveals that, despite a Court of Appeals decision overturning the Title IV hearing panel’s decision to defrock Ramey, the Diocese is moving forward with two separate Title…

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Former presiding bishop candidate Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe knowingly ignores provisions of the church’s clergy disciplinary canons
ByAnglican Watch September 2, 2025November 2, 2025

The Episcopal Bishop of Central New York, DeDe Duncan-Probe, is ignoring the express provisions of the Episcopal Title IV clergy disciplinary canons in parishioner Win Limmer’s complaint against Episcopal priest Rebecca Roberts. Roberts serves as rector of St. Peter’s Cazenovia. Limmer’s complaint alleges that Roberts has bullied and abused Limmer, potentially over her sexual orientation….

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Today’s active shooter at Annunciation Catholic Church underscores dangers of false Episcopal claims of threatening behavior and domestic terrorism
ByAnglican Watch August 27, 2025November 2, 2025

Details are thin this morning about the active shooter at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis. However, the situation underscores the dangers of fabricated claims of threatening behavior and domestic terrorism by Episcopal clergy. These dangers include: The risk that “crying wolf” will result in a delayed or ineffective law enforcement response to security…

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Allegations of misconduct and job theft arise at St. Peter’s Episcopal, Savannah
ByAnglican Watch August 24, 2025November 2, 2025

“The most powerful form of lie is the omission.” — George Orwell For a long time, Anglican Watch has been aware of an ugly truth about the Episcopal Church: Despite our glorious history of using music and the arts to glorify our worship, church musicians in the denomination often are under-appreciated, bullied, abused, and more….

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Update: Angie Solomon, Justice for Grant, and more bad behavior by Aaron Solomon
ByAnglican Watch August 22, 2025November 2, 2025

Following the recent arrest of Angie Solomon over allegations that she attempted to hire a hitman to kill her ex, former WSMV anchor Aaron Solomon, it hasn’t been easy to cover her story. That’s due in large measure to the criminal court’s gag order and other pretrial conditions that it has imposed on Angie. That…

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Houston, we have a problem: Diocese of Central New York Title IV intake officer the Rev. Julie Calhoun-Bryant doesn’t understand her role
ByAnglican Watch August 20, 2025November 2, 2025

Last week, we posted about the situation involving allegations of misconduct by the Rev. Rebecca Roberts, rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal in Cazenovia, New York. Since then, Anglican Watch has received a copy of Title IV intake officer The Rev. Julie E. Calhoun-Bryant’s intake report, which recommends dismissal of the complaint on the basis of…

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Reports suggest George McFarland may be returning to Session at Tenth Presbyterian (PCA) Philadelphia. If true, that’s bad news for the church
ByAnglican Watch August 19, 2025November 2, 2025

Anglican Watch has received reports that George McFarland has accepted a nomination to potentially return to the Tenth Presbyterian Session. While we have been unable to verify the reports independently, if true, the news portends ongoing problems for the church. Why? The answer is simple: Most of the church’s current issues are the result of…

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Beware St. Thomas Fifth Avenue: The Groping Guru, aka Fr. Mark Schultz, continues to lurk
ByAnglican Watch August 16, 2025

Screen cap of “St. Nicholas,” by St. Thomas Resident Pornographer Erich Erving. Full frontal nudity redacted. Want a great way to spot a toxic church? Perhaps the best way is when a church has actual knowledge that a priest has sexually assaulted a parishioner, yet the priest remains on staff. And so it is at…

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What on earth is going on with St. Peter’s Episcopal (Cazenovia NY) and its rector, Rebecca Roberts?
ByAnglican Watch August 16, 2025November 2, 2025

You’d think that, by now, parishes in The Episcopal Church would be tired of pulling the whole “So-and-so is a terrorist, so we’re barring them from the church” routine. Yet, even with the storm brewing in the Episcopal Diocese of New York and the profound damage to parishes that comes from engaging in this behavior,…

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All Saints Church of Durham, NC (ACNA) Fires Alleged “Peeping Tom” Priest, Jeremy Alcorn!
ByAnglican Watch August 12, 2025November 2, 2025

Shamelessly reprinted with permission from The Wartburg Watch. This is not the first time that The Wartburg Watch has written about Peeping Toms. You can read about Rick Trotter at this post: How Fellowship Memphis and Downtown Church Mishandled Rick Trotter’s Alleged Voyeurism Further fallout from the Rick Trotter case occurred when SBC pastor J.D….

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Issues of mandatory reporting of child abuse swirl at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue
ByAnglican Watch August 11, 2025November 2, 2025

Screen cap of porn by choir school resident pornographer Eric Erving. Full frontal nudity redacted. This morning’s post is a short one. But it’s important. Simply put, look for additional issues to come out of St. Thomas’ and its choir school over the failure of church officials to fulfill their duties under state law as…

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