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Pennsylvania diocese announces child abuse involving lay employee

March 27, 2022 Eric Bonetti One comment

[Episcopal News Service] Pennsylvania Bishop Daniel Gutiérrez issued the following message to his diocese on Feb. 25 outlining an investigation of child sex abuse claims against a New Jersey lay employee who previously had served for 20 years at a parish in Philadelphia. The employee, Thomas Whittemore, was terminated from

Spotlight on abuse: Episcopal priest Robert K. Orr

March 27, 2022 Eric Bonetti One comment

the Rev. Robert K. Orr of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania was convicted in March 1999 of child pornography possession and distribution using his office computer at All Hallows Episcopal Church in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. Orr claimed that he had received photographs of children engaged in sex acts, but that he

Spotlight on abuse: Episcopal priest Christopher Mann

March 27, 2022 Eric Bonetti Leave a comment

In June of 1983, the Rev. Dr. Christopher S. Mann (full name Robert Francis Christopher Stephen Mann) of Christ Episcopal Church in Baltimore was indicted on “charges of sexual child abuse, various sexual offenses, assault, perverted practice and violating Maryland’s child pornography laws.” A priest of the Church of England

Spotlight on abuse: Episcopal priest Leslie Steffensen

March 26, 2022 Anglican Watch 5 comments

The Rev. Leslie Steffensen serves as Canon to the Bishop Suffragen of the Armed Services and Federal Ministries. A former Navy officer, Steffensen was ordained in 2012 by Virginia bishop Shannon Johnston. In 2015, while serving as assistant rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Alexandria Virginia, Steffensen retaliated against a

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