For some time, Anglican Watch has followed the dismal conduct of a group of dissident parishioners at St. Paul’s, Montvale NJ. The group, whose leaders appear to have been using the church to engage in tax fraud and money laundering, engaged in a series of lies, picketing, and other conduct intended to
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Signs suggest Mark Stevenson may be bringing positive change to the Diocese of Virginia
Anglican Watch frequent fliers club members know we are not fans of the Diocese of Virginia. Indeed, from where we sit, the diocese has been poorly governed for years, and things only got worse during the litigation and Shannon Johnston’s tenure. Neither is it a secret that we’ve been dubious about
Continue readingRestoring ‘fallen pastors’ means calling them abusive clergy and requiring restitution for the victims
The following post is republished by permission from our friend Dee Parson’s blog, The Wartburg Watch. While the piece focuses on evangelical churches, the underlying point is a good one: when will the Episcopal Church quit killing itself with cheap grace? “Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church.
Continue readingThe wages of sin: St. James Texarkana lurches towards closure
We’ve previously covered the appalling situation at St. James Texarkana, marked by an feckless, arrogant, and interpersonally challenged rector, David Halt; allegations of retaliation by Halt and bishop George Sumner against former parochial vicar Richard Daly over the latter’s opposition to the sexual harassment of a woman connected with the
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