Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
In 2006 retired teacher Jonathan Utin of Christ Episcopal Church in Blacksburg, Virginia (Diocese of Southwestern Virginia) was arrested on charges of sexual misconduct. Utin pleaded guilty to rape of a girl under 10 years old and also confessed to molesting “a 3-year-old from Alabama and a sixth-grader with whom
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In 1991 Episcopal priest William E. Krueger fled prosecution after a warrant was issued for his arrest in Illinois on charges of criminal sexual assault and child pornography possession. Krueger died in 1992 before the Episcopal Diocese of Springfield acted on the charges to discipline him. Krueger was a conservative
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Episcopal youth group leader Julio Andres “Andy” Castillo was arrested in 2016 on charges of sexually abusing two boys under the age of 16 whom he met at the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, Rock Hill, South Carolina. “According to prosecutors, Castillo had a very close relationship with the boys’
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The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia has failed to adopt updated abuse prevention policies as required by resolutions passed at General Convention 79. These policies include policies for vulnerable adults, which were to be adopted by January 1, 2019. These standards were to required to meet or exceed those adopted by
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