Tag: General Convention

General Convention approves Title IV clergy disciplinary changes, but more is needed

July 19, 2024 Anglican Watch 13 comments

The recent Episcopal General Convention approved myriad changes to Title IV, the canons that establish a disciplinary process for clergy. Anglican Watch endorses these changes, but more is needed to make Title IV a safe process in which the Episcopal Church fulfills its promise to respect the dignity of every

Breaking news: AW puts General Convention in charge of the question, “how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?”

August 11, 2023 Anglican Watch One comment

Breaking news out of Alexandria Va.: Anglican Watch is putting the Episcopal General Convention in charge of answering that question for the ages — how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Here are the details: For starters, we’ll need to involve about 10,000 people. Nothing worse than poorly

Ending the lie: The Episcopal church is not a democracy

May 5, 2023 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

One of the significant impediments to change in the Episcopal church is when members, wittingly or unwittingly, share fabrications about the church. And one of the most blatant fabrications is the notion that the Episcopal church is a democracy. It is not. For starters, once elected, bishops have almost no

Sven vanBaars returns to general convention, refuses to follow church canons

November 24, 2022 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

Sven vanBaars, rector of the Episcopal parish in Abingdon Va. and a Title IV intake officer for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, has again been elected as a delegate to general convention. This occurred despite strenuous opposition from abuse survivors, who object to vanBaars’ refusal to follow church disciplinary canons

pca nomore on Wheaton College president Phil Ryken urged to resign over his role in abuse at Tenth Presbyterian: “Now Wheaton College Alumni are calling for Ryken to resign. The Alumni have created a website, forwheaton.org, which calls for…”

Fred Rogers on Wheaton College president Phil Ryken urged to resign over his role in abuse at Tenth Presbyterian: “Ryken has continued to cover up abuse at Wheaton college. Christopher Lapeyre taught at wheaton after he was fired from…”

Carla on Todd Ousley failed to report child rape allegations, lies about past conduct: “Ousley spent twenty minutes in an interview bashing complainants, violating confidentiality, and being dismissive of the underlying circumstances of the…”

Anglican Watch on Todd Ousley failed to report child rape allegations, lies about past conduct: “I agree. My frustration is that, as I get older, I realize we may not see meaningful change in my…”

Anglican Watch on Todd Ousley failed to report child rape allegations, lies about past conduct: “Ardently agree. And the 45-day requirement for the intake officer to issue a report is being ignored even now in…”