Readers of this publication know we call them as we see them and we’re not afraid to chart our own path forward in turbulent seas. And in the Cayce Ramey Title IV case, now underway in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia (DioVA), we’re calling BS on the whole sorry lot
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Damaged goods: Will Grace Episcopal Alexandria survive?
Reposted from October 2023. Some time ago, then canon to the ordinary for Virginia, Mary Thorpe, told members of St. Thomas’ McLean that the reason they were having trouble finding a rector is that, having had their previous rector removed in a Title IV case, they were “damaged goods.” That comment, none
Continue readingProblems grow at St. James, Texarkana
Sources close to the matter report that things are getting dire at St. James Episcopal Church in Texarkana following allegations that the rector, David Halt, retaliated against parochial vicar Rich Daly for opposing the sexual harassment of an adult woman connected with the parish. Anglican Watch has learned that finances are
Continue readingNarcissists and mediation under Title IV: a recipe for disaster
A prominent friend of Anglican Watch, who also is a well-known pastoral counselor, once told us that his best estimate is that 30 percent of clergy meet the clinical definition of having narcissistic personality disorder. As for bishops and other senior officials, his best estimate is 40-50 percent. That’s scary stuff, particularly
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