We recently noticed some interesting conversations on other blogs concerning Susan Elzey’s role in the meltdown at Tenth Presbyterian. Much of the conversation focused on two key points: There’s no “proof” that Susan and Liam were engaged in sex in a Lancaster public park. It’s appropriate that Philadelphia Presbytery did not pursue adultery charges against…
Following an Anglican Watch report on PCA pastor Liam Goligher and his guilty plea to sex in a public park with married church member Susan Elzey, a lengthy but illusory disciplinary process against Goligher played out within the Philadelphia Presbytery. The process, marked by multiple lies by Goligher about his actions, reflects a profound disrespect…
In the slow-moving saga of abuse and corruption at Tenth Presbyterian (PCA) Philadelphia, the name of former deaconess Susan Elzey often comes up following Anglican Watch’s discovery that she had sexual relations in a Lancaster, Pa., park with Senior Pastor Liam Goligher. As part of that discussion, we have received criticism from some victims’ advocates…
While we’re on the sordid topic of abuse at Tenth Presbyterian, we need to look at the role of Session. Specifically, Session is dishonest and corrupt, and has failed those under its care for the past 25 years. Thus, everyone on Session needs to resign, and members need to insist that this happen. One of…
TLD: Tenth does not appear to be fulfilling its legal obligation as a mandated reporter of child sexual abuse. Thus, we urge parents not to place their children at risk by bringing them to Tenth Presbyterian, PCA, in Philadelphia. Churches should be places of refuge and sanctuaries where people can go to be safe, grow…
In the wake of Tenth Presbyterian’s (PCA) ongoing abuse, cover-up, corruption, spiritual abuse, and illegal conduct, including perjury, the church is lurching toward collapse. Per public financial statements, the Philadelphia-based church has projected annual revenue of a little over $3.8 million. As of March 20, just 12 weeks into the year, the Tenth should have…
We’re reluctant to recommend that any church close. That’s the case, particularly when a specific church holds beliefs or comes from a faith tradition different from our own. That’s because it’s far too easy to conflate differences with corruption. That said, there comes a time when all we can do is throw up our hands…
Anglican Watch recently received the following message via our online form about the sordid mess at Tenth Pres, and we’re calling BS: There’s news of Phil Ryken scheduled to preach at Tenth Presbyterian Church on Sunday March 3, 2024, the Wheaton choir will be singing. https://www.tenth.org/session/january-23-2024/ News: Because of the calendar structure, the following communion schedule…
Presbyterian polity is interesting. Devoid of the weasel-wording and vague strictures of Episcopal Title IV, the Book of Church Order (BCO) is nothing if not specific. Unfortunately, when used by a corrupt session, like the one at Tenth Presbyterian in Philadelphia, the BCO can also provide the details that give rise to the devil. For…
Sources close to the matter tell Anglican Watch that Liam Goligher has repeatedly lied to members of Tenth Presbyterian and others, telling them that his encounter with Susan Elzey was non-sexual in nature. We are told that Tenth has obtained notes from the encounter, and the incident allegedly was sexual in nature. Of course, the biggest issue…
Initially, when we sat down to write this, we were going to do predictions for 2024. But as we did, we realized that we sounded like the Delphic Oracle, muttering, “Beware the Ides of March.” Plus, several predictions don’t make sense without context, and in several cases, we have confidential information about the situation we…
Phil Snyder, a long-time friend of Anglican Watch and perhaps the best-known victim of abuse under the unholy trinity of Liam Goligher, Susan Elzey, and George McFarland, has published a Hall of Shame list of alleged miscreants at Tenth Presbyterian. His post, located on his blog, http://tenthpresbyterianchurch.com, is well-done and offers first-hand insight into the ethical…
Online publication Current, citing Ministry Watch, has confirmed the details behind the Liam Goligher and Susan Elzey debacle. Here is the cited content: Liam Goligher is out as pastor at Philadelphia’s historic Tenth Presbyterian Church, an historic and influential congregation in the Presbyterian Church in America, but critics are asking what took so long. Goligher, who arrived at Tenth in…
In our coverage of the meltdown at Tenth Presbyterian, we’ve examined issues with LIam Goligher’s adultery and perjury, and the related matter of Susan Elzey’s adultery and perjury. But in the church’s efforts to shut down whistleblower Phil Snyder, there are several members of the Tenth Presby Perjury Club, all of whom bore false witness…
Speaking of Susan Elzey, who appears to be the author of several of the more childish and hateful posts that we nuked, check out her description of herself on her Facebook page, above. Supporting a busy spouse? Instilling moral values? How exactly does that work? Given Elzey’s ugly lies about Phil Snyder and her apparent…
It’s been said that an image speaks a thousand words. With that in mind, here are the criminal dockets for Liam Goligher and Susan Elzey having sex in a public park. Adultery. Perjury. Sex in public places. Classy, those two.
Anglican Watch continues to investigate the situation with Tenth Presbyterian and Liam Goligher. We have now learned that the person with whom Goligher was having sex in the Lancaster park allegedly was married deaconess Susan Elzey. Court records indicate that Elzey pleaded guilty in the matter, as did Goligher. Sources close to the matter tell Anglican Watch that…