Tag: Sexual abuse

Two men connected with St. Thomas Fifth Avenue were arrested over allegations of sexual abuse. So why did Bishop Heyd dismiss the related Title IV complaint? And why are the arrested men still working at the church and living at the choir school in proximity to children?

June 8, 2025 Anglican Watch 2 comments

You can’t make this stuff up. Two men, William Davis and Fr. Mark Schultz, have allegedly been arrested by New York police following allegations that they sexually abused an adult male individual connected with St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue. Both are church employees. The alleged victim also reported the matter

DOJ Shuts Down Sexual Abuse Investigation of SBC

March 13, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

SBC investigation ends under Donald Trump

The following is reprinted with permission from Christa Brown’s excellent publication In Solidarity. The original is here. The U.S. Department of Justice has now shut down its investigation into sexual abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention. So say attorneys for the SBC Executive Committee who assert that the DOJ notified them today

Falls Church Anglican investigates abuse allegations

February 9, 2024 Anglican Watch 6 comments

TFCA investigates sexual abuse allegations

We received this lead about the Falls Church Anglican (TFCA) some time ago from our friend David Virtue. Candidly, we’ve been somewhat reluctant to publish because we value our friends and colleagues within ACNA, and we don’t want this to be seen as an attack on them. But we oppose

Confronting sexual abuse in the Episcopal church

March 31, 2023 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Originally published by the late Rev. Ann Fontaine — a tireless advocate for the oppressed and a fierce friend. Andrew Sullivan, writing on The Atlantic’s Web site , has been praising the Episcopal Church for its actions on priests who commit sexual abuse, exploitation and harassment. In the comments on

Emma on Meanwhile, back at Tenth Pres, talk is cheap, but contrition is nowhere to be found: “Philadelphia Presbytery is talking out of both sides of its mouth. They formally “rebuked” certain elders to save face. But…”

Briana on Update: More questions arise about St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue, including a convicted drug dealer working as a security guard: “You have no idea what your talking about..I know Tristan personally these pictures and charges were from years ago and…”