Month: July 2023 - Page 6 - Anglican Watch

Daniel McClain installation postponed as Title IV case moves forward

July 19, 2023 Anglican Watch One comment

The installation of the Rev. Daniel McClain has been postponed as the Title IV complaint Anglican Watch filed against him progresses. The complaint involves allegations of spousal sexual assault, domestic violence, and emotional abuse. It is our understanding that the Title IV process is picking up from where the prior Title IV

Bye Felicia: TEC still refuses to deal with impaired clergy and domestic violence

July 19, 2023 Anglican Watch 2 comments

Bye Felicia: TEC won’t address imaired clergy or domestic violence

Since 1979, the Episcopal Church has been grinding through vast forests of trees to make paper for its various reports on the importance of dealing with impaired clergy. And another forest got nuked, probably about the size of Cuba, when the Episcopal Church prepared its 2017 report on Impairment and Leadership.

If I were an Episcopal bishop, this would be my diocesan address today

July 18, 2023 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Shortened version of a piece originally published by David Virtue on VirtueOnline. Dear Brothers and Sisters, If you have not been reading our church and diocesan statistics, you should. The Episcopal Church is rapidly declining at both the national and diocesan level. We have now dipped below 300,000 in average

TEC, Freemasonry, and Q-Anon

July 18, 2023 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

View from George Washington Masonic National Memorial

There is a long and well-documented connection between the Episcopal Church, Freemasonry, and US political leadership. Those connections are increasingly leading the denomination into dangerous territory, including anecdotal evidence of a small but influential number of Q-Anon adherents within the denomination. Before we go further, we want to be clear

Colin Ross on Cesspool Grace Chapel Liepers Fork plans re-brand in an effort to move past its dismal reputation: “Ha this reminds me of the International house of prayer disaster. Rebrands won’t save the church from its filthy crimes.…”

HH on Grace Chapel and Narrow Gate may have ties to Nashville-based sex shop through local politician: “Oh those Evangelicals! Sure are more colorful than the Episcopalians…they’re corrupt and dull.”

In ECR on The truth matters: Letter disproves Bishop Lucinda Ashby’s claims about registered sex offender: “The bishop may be asking the canon to gather this information on candidates. Clergy in ECR are concerned because the…”

Anglican Watch on Life in exile: When members leave the Episcopal church: “Without knowing the diocese in question, it’s hard to give a more specific answer. But I would start by filing…”

Kathleen Anastasoff on Life in exile: When members leave the Episcopal church: “October 12, 2023 I was called into a meeting with our Rector and his Assisting Priest. 1. He began with…”