Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is ignoring denomination-wide abuse prevention policies almost four years after their required adoption date. The requirements include adoption of updated Policies for the Protection of Children and Youth. Additionally, adoption of Policies for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults is required. Both must be based on
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BALTIMORE (MD) Religion Dispatches July 1, 2022 By Charlotte Dalwood When representatives of The Episcopal Church gather in Baltimore for the denomination’s General Convention taking place from July 8-11, they’ll be asked to consider a proposed overhaul to the church’s sexual violence prevention policy. Currently, Episcopal canon law requires those
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Earlier today, Anglican Watch announced the Episcopal Accountability Project via the following press release. ### ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Employees with group medical coverage may be familiar with employee assistance programs, or EAP’s. But there’s a new EAP out there, designed to hold the Episcopal Church, its clergy and leadership accountable. The
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You have to hand it to the Episcopal Church: it may be a tiny denomination, but it generates heroic volumes of paper. Mountains. Heaps. Rivers of paper. But buried deep within this year’s Blue Book are the results of a survey on abuse towards LGBTQ+ persons that is both alarming
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