Some priests are, simply put, in the wrong line of work. We use the word “work” very deliberately, as being a priest should be a calling, not a job. One priest in the wrong line of work is Bill Allport, recently rector of St. Paul’s in Englewood, NJ. After months of
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Bill Allport finally admits what we knew all along: he’s an alcoholic
Bill Allport, the rector of the fast-dying St. Paul’s, located in Englewood, NJ, finally ‘fessed up on his way out the door, admitting that he is an alcoholic. The admission appears at 34:07 in the video below. (If your browser doesn’t display the embedded video, you can find it here.)
Continue readingBye Felicia: TEC still refuses to deal with impaired clergy and 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.
Continue readingUpdate: St. Paul’s Englewood continues lack of transparency
St. Paul’s Englewood says it’s working to improve transparency. But its actions, including removing content from its website, say otherwise.
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