Anglican Watch has uncovered allegations of questionable gifting practices at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Va. These include reports that prominent parishioners paid for a 300-person reception celebrating the rector’s 20th anniversary with the parish. Additionally, we believe another prominent parishioner may have paid for Warder’s wedding reception in 2010.
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SNAP issues press release about perjuring Episcopal priest Bob Malm
Full disclosure: The press release references Anglican Watch editor Eric Bonetti This summer, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) issued this press release about Episcopal priest Bob Malm, canonically resident in the Diocese of Virginia and presently serving St. Peter’s Episcopal Church-on-the-Canal. The church is located in Bourne Ma.
Continue readingCan we talk? My experience with abuse, PTSD, depression and the holidays
It’s been rightly said that I am bad at self-disclosure. In an effort to address that, and to possibly offer something of value to others this holiday season, I’m writing about my experiences with non-sexual abuse and the resulting depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome arising from the conduct of my
Continue readingTruth from odd places: Shrine Mont committee proposes reconciliation efforts
As church governance geeks, the staff here at Anglican Watch love to read really banal stuff. That includes minutes, reports, studies — all the stuff that people in the church say they read, but usually just skim. And in digging through the mountains of paper coming out of the Diocese of Virginia
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