Tag: Church canons

When Episcopal churches commit fraud

There are many types of fraud. These range from the sort where you set up a Ponzi scheme to defraud investors, to faking your financial statements, to the type we’re going to talk about today, which is prevalent in the Episcopal Church. The latter is fraud in the inducement, where you make false statements to induce someone to Read More

Moving forward to address clergy misconduct

Years ago, activists within The Episcopal Church began clamoring for the development of programs to prevent and address sexual misconduct. The move came at a time when the church was struggling to find ways to include those who historically had been marginalized on the basis of gender, national origin, sexual orientation, and other criteria. Many among those groups Read More