Month: March 2022 - Page 2

Spotlight on abuse: Episcopal priest and Orthodox monk Sterling Rayburn

March 29, 2022 Eric Bonetti 4 comments

Nashotah House graduate and Episcopal priest Sterling Rayburn was ordained to the priesthood in December 1964 for the Episcopal Diocese of South Florida. He was priest at St. James, Ormond Beach, Florida from 1964 to 1966, priest in charge of a parish in Puerto Rico from 1966 to 1971, and

DioVA announces bishop candidates, we groan

March 29, 2022 Anglican Watch 4 comments

Imagine you’re on the corporate board for a Fortune 100 company. Your CEO has just resigned, and it’s time to find a replacement. You do all the right things—develop skills and needs assessments for the organization, update the job description, bring in top-notch recruiters. But the only resumes that come

Spotlight on abuse: Episcopal priest Bruce Jacques

March 29, 2022 Anglican Watch One comment

Bruce Jacques was ordained to the priesthood in December 1973 by Episcopal Bishop J. Warren Hutchens after studying at Philadelphia Divinity School. In 1995 as rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Milford, Connecticut, Jacques offered to perform oral sex on a male 13 year old parishioner as a “gift”

Episcopal survey reflects calamitous state of denomination

March 29, 2022 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

The Episcopal Church recently published a survey, “Jesus in America,” which analyzed public views of Jesus, his teachings, and views of Christians generally. Predictably enough, it was intended to garner media attention, and PB Michael Curry positioned it as evidence that the church needs to become more Christlike. (In other

God bless Kennesaw on Defending Christ Episcopal Church: A call for accountability and transparency: “There’s a news letter written by Ben Day. There’s photos uploaded by Ben Day. There’s videos uploaded by Ben Day…”

Ben Day is a pervert on Abundant Life school shooting underscores how Episcopal clergy perjury increases risk for the church: “We can’t forget about perverted priest Ben Day from Kennesaw who had an affair with an eight month pregnant parishioner…”

HH on Prestonwoood Christian Academy (PCA) hired spouse of convicted sex offender, former PCA teacher: “Hey Eric. Prestonwood is southern Baptist. PCA is just the school initials. It’s a huge mega in Plano, Tx.”

Colin Ross on Abundant Life school shooting underscores how Episcopal clergy perjury increases risk for the church: “People that lie to children for a living might commit perjury? Color me shocked! The spell of the clerical class…”

Middle on Central Florida bishop makes ‘culture of protection’ a priority for every church in the diocese: “A culture of retaliation persists in parishes and by bishops.”