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Letter to the editor: My experiences with St. Thomas’ and sexual abuse

June 23, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Dear editor, I am writing to share my own experience with St. Thomas Fifth Avenue and its Choir School after seeing your recent coverage. The church caused profound harm to me and my children and ignored multiple cases of child sexual abuse. It also has a long record of abusing

Update: St. Thomas’ Fifth Avenue launches defamatory smear campaign against alleged victim of sexual assault

June 19, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Earlier, Anglican Watch reported on the arrest of two St. Thomas Fifth Avenue employees over allegations of sexual assault. Now, the church’s rector, the Rev. Carl F. Turner, has made matters far worse, sending out a notice about the alleged victim that we believe to be defamatory. A copy of

Things go from bad to worse at St. Thomas’ Fifth Avenue, as Anglican Watch calls for Bishop Heyd and St. Thomas vestry to resign

June 12, 2025 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

The situation at St.Thomas, Fifth Avenue, the storied church home of the Astors and other Gilded Age pillars of society, is going from bad to worse. Specifically, Anglican Watch has heard from several individuals who report sexual abuse and harassment, as well as spiritual abuse. We believe at least two will forward

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

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