In its response to a recent article in the Christian Post about its bungled response to a child sexual predator, the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real and Bishop Lucinda Ashby again demonstrated a lack of integrity and accountability on issues involving the presence of a registered sex offender at one or more
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When Episcopal churches commit fraud
There are many types of fraud. These range from the sort where you set up a Ponzi scheme to defraud investors, to faking your financial statements, to the type we’re going to talk about today, which is prevalent in the Episcopal Church. The latter is fraud in the inducement, where
Continue readingMoving forward to address clergy misconduct
Years ago, activists within The Episcopal Church began clamoring for the development of programs to prevent and address sexual misconduct. The move came at a time when the church was struggling to find ways to include those who historically had been marginalized on the basis of gender, national origin, sexual
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