It’s that time of year that we all love to hate: New Year’s Day, when everyone and their twin brother speculates about the coming year. So, Anglican Watch will add to the collective misery with our predictions for 2025 and the Episcopal Church/Anglican Communion, with our usual emphasis on clergy
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Dismissal of Title IV charges against Todd Ousley is a crock
Earlier today, the Episcopal Church announced that it had closed the Title IV complaints by the Singh family against former PB Michael Curry and former intake officer for bishops Todd Ousley. The news is appalling and unacceptable — and we say that as a publication that is on record as
Continue readingFor crying out loud: Stop lying to people about slavery and the Episcopal Church
Ed.: The following was written and published by Tom Ferguson aka Crusty Old Dean, for his blog previously located here. Reprinted with permission. Reposted 28 December 2024 with new title. With just 4 percent of Episcopalians being black, versus 13.4 percent of the US population as a whole, the church’s
Continue readingRudolf Eder: The life and death of a Baptist minister sheds light on problems within the Episcopal Church
By Eric Bonetti, editor. The Episcopal Church faces a crisis of credibility, with people at all levels increasingly saying there’s a disconnect between what the church says and what it does, especially when it comes to clergy discipline. That gap between rhetoric and reality raises a question: Does anyone have
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