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Issues of mandatory reporting of child abuse swirl at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

August 11, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Screen cap of piece by St. Thomas resident pornographer Erich Erving. Full frontal nudity redacted.

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

St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue appears poised to close choir school, while staff changes loom large

August 8, 2025 Anglican Watch 4 comments

One of Erich Erving’s religious-themed pron productions. Full frontal nudity redacted.

Featured photo is a screen cap of religious-themed pornography produced by The Rev. Mark Schultz’s husband, Erich Erving. Schultz and Erving live at the St. Thomas Choir School and are accused of jointly sexually assaulting an adult male parishioner. Full frontal nudity in the image has been redacted. Amidst the

Fraud in TGC’s Themelios

August 6, 2025 Anglican Watch 2 comments

Allegations of fraud in The Gospel Coalition

By John B. Carpenter It’s not sexy, but it’s a scandal. The editors of The Gospel Coalition’s (TGC) flagship academic journal, Themelios, which TGC unfailingly promotes as “peer-reviewed,” break commitments with writers, disregard the verdicts of their expert reviewers, thus putting out a typical editor-curated magazine but in the name

San Diego Episcopal priest Roger Haenke faces Title IV proceedings following allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor

August 6, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Photo courtesy St. John’s Episcopal Church, Chula Vista The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego has initiated Title IV clergy disciplinary proceedings against the Rev. Roger Haenke, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Chula Vista. The news comes amidst allegations on social media that Haenke engaged in sexual misconduct with

Lisa Poultney on William Cliff inhibited after misconduct allegation three days after being elected bishop of Ontario: “Reading this news item, I am struck by a) the error that Bishop William Cliff was serving as bishop of…”

John Cuillo on Episcopal church closings — part II: “We have a rector that seems to go off in other directions during her sermon. Is a sermon supposed to…”

Pca Nomore on Reports suggest George McFarland may be returning to Session at Tenth Presbyterian (PCA) Philadelphia. If true, that’s bad news for the church: “If McFarland returns, it confirms that Roman’s 1: 28-32 clearly applies to Tenth Presbyterian. “Since they did not see fit…”

Gail Goodwin on Episcopal growth and decline by the numbers: “The woke ascends is what’s killing the church! Open your eyes!”

Jake on Houston, we have a problem: Diocese of Central New York Title IV intake officer the Rev. Julie Calhoun-Bryant doesn’t understand her role: “Still can’t wrap my head around a person being told by the Bishop to go elsewhere for Easter.”