Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
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
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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
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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
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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
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