Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
Initially, when we sat down to write this, we were going to do predictions for 2024. But as we did, we realized that we sounded like the Delphic Oracle, muttering, “Beware the Ides of March.” Plus, several predictions don’t make sense without context, and in several cases, we have confidential
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We recently covered the shocking allegations of child sexual abuse involving former ELCA pastor Nate Luong. While we won’t rehash the specifics, his final two positions as an ELCA pastor illustrate why there is a need for a comprehensive database of allegations involving Episcopal clergy. In both positions, Luong stayed
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Reprinted with permission from The Warburg Watch. We find the discussion of blind loyalty to abusive clergy particularly relevant to the Episcopal Church. We find the claims that Luong is a “man of integrity” profoundly offensive. One cannot be a person of integrity and sexually abuse a child. “Of all
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Every once in a while, Anglican Watch covers notable incidents of conflict or misconduct within other faith traditions. We have been following for some time the case of the Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer, the first openly transgender Bishop in the ELCA. Because we have not been able to interview either side in
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