Month: April 2022 - Page 6

Spotlight on abuse: Episcopal priest Michael R. Penland

April 10, 2022 Eric Bonetti Leave a comment

Episcopal priest and youth ministry director Michael R. Penland was arrested in June 2007 for offering sex to an undercover policeman in a North Carolina bathroom. Penland did not inform his parish, St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Boca Raton, Florida, until they became aware from news reports in September 2007.

Spotlight on abuse: Episcopal priest Joseph l. De Acetis

April 10, 2022 Eric Bonetti Leave a comment

Episcopal priest Joseph L. De Acetis was disciplined in the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem in 2012 for physical assault and failure to follow mandatory reporting laws at Christ Episcopal Church in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania during 1997 and 1998 incidents surrounding organist Kenneth Bernard Schade when a minor parishioner complained about Schade’s abusive

Spotlight on abuse: Hod vice president Wallace Arthur Frey

April 10, 2022 Eric Bonetti Leave a comment

Episcopal Church House of Deputies Vice President Wallace Arthur Frey (Wally) resigned from the priesthood in 1992 after revelations that the married father of two had engaged in a long-term pattern of sexual activity with “probably fewer than 10” young men and teenagers in his pastoral care “over a lengthy

Spotlight on abuse: Episcopal priest Jim Vincent Bills

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He was convicted of single counts of “importuning and attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.” Bills was ordained in 1963 after studying at the former Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He served parishes in Alaska, Ohio, and Tennessee before becoming vicar of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Charleston, South

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.”

Watching on Central Florida bishop makes ‘culture of protection’ a priority for every church in the diocese: “Will PB Sean Rowe establish a “culture of protection?””

Rich on Central Florida bishop makes ‘culture of protection’ a priority for every church in the diocese: “Good for Bishop Holcomb in attempting to take a stand and be pro-active. This is a rare pastoral action. He…”