Did you ever notice how clergy claim that anything they don’t like gets the labels of “defamation” and “harassment”? And how clergy think local police should arrest people for saying bad things about them? In this screen cap of the police report of former Solid Rock pastor John Paul Miller,
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Damaged goods: Will Grace Episcopal Alexandria survive?
Reposted from October 2023. Some time ago, then canon to the ordinary for Virginia, Mary Thorpe, told members of St. Thomas’ McLean that the reason they were having trouble finding a rector is that, having had their previous rector removed in a Title IV case, they were “damaged goods.” That comment, none
Continue readingAW announces 2023 Pinhead of the Year award
And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for (drum roll, please). It’s a moment that covers the rot at the very core of Episcopal clergy discipline, and being named a “Pinhead of the Year” is a sought-after prize throughout much of the Anglican Communion. Indeed, this year saw particularly
Continue readingEmpty Christmas services at Grace Episcopal Alexandria underscore the problems churches face when they experience clergy abuse
Disclosure: Anglican Watch editor Eric Bonetti is a former member of Grace Episcopal and launched this publication following criminal conduct by former rector Robert H. Malm. ### Far too often, vestry members, judicatories, and others in positions of power within the Episcopal church treat clergy misconduct as an inconsequential issue peripheral to
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