Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
The Anglican Church of Australia has suspended Fr. Chris Byrd following allegations that he bullied, intimidated, and threatened church members and employees. Byrd previously served at the Anglican Church in Adamstown, Australia. The decision was made by the Anglican Church Professional Standards Board and requires Byrd to reform within 6 months
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As some of you noticed, we recently transitioned to a new, more powerful, server. That was due both to increased site traffic and the sheer volume of data on the site. Like most things IT, the transition came with a few hiccups. These included error messages as our new DNS
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In 2002, allegations emerged that Alan Sapsford, an Anglican priest in Australia, had sexually assaulted women and at least 30 altar boys at a parish in Seymour, north of Melbourne. He had served the parish for 30 years prior to his retirement in 1996. A candidate for ordination complained to the
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David Valencia, originally from Chile, was arrested in 2003 for sexually abusing a teenaged girl he had been counseling while serving as assistant rector of the non-denominational Christ Church of Grove Farm, Pa. Valencia’s ordination was controversial, as Episcopal Bishop Duncan of the Diocese of Pittsburgh had refused on the
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