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Grace Episcopal Alexandria talks about having adulterous priest Anne Turner back. Yikes.

May 13, 2024 Anglican Watch 5 comments

Full disclosure: Anglican Watch editor Eric Bonetti is a former member of Grace Church. One of the challenges in the Episcopal Church is the lack of accountability. Specifically, the denomination has a flawed and un-Christian notion of forgiveness, in which cheap grace runs rampant, and all someone needs to do

Damaged goods: Will Grace Episcopal Alexandria survive?

February 24, 2024 Anglican Watch One comment

Reposted from October 2023. Some time ago, then canon to the ordinary for Virginia, Mary Thorpe, told members of St. Thomas’ McLean that the reason they were having trouble finding a rector is that, having had their previous rector removed in a Title IV case, they were “damaged goods.” That comment, none

Looking forward: Our hopes for 2024

January 1, 2024 Anglican Watch 2 comments

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

Empty Christmas services at Grace Episcopal Alexandria underscore the problems churches face when they experience clergy abuse

December 27, 2023 Anglican Watch 6 comments

Grace Episcopal Alexandria empties following clergy abuse

Disclosure: Anglican Watch editor Eric Bonetti is a former member of Grace Episcopal and launched this publication following criminal conduct by former rector Robert H. Malm. ### Far too often, vestry members, judicatories, and others in positions of power within the Episcopal church treat clergy misconduct as an inconsequential issue peripheral to

Grace member moving on on Opinion: Anne Turner, Ted Gulick, Satan, and the sermon from hell: “OMG, just when you thought Grace could not sink any lower. Where do I begin? The “talks” to bring back…”

Leo Brown on Flurry of lawsuits hits LDS church: “from https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference/august-2023-old/shedding-light-on-the-complexities-understanding-abuse-within-the-lds-church From an analysis of Boy Scout files Less abuse in LDS Church is statistically provable …we’re seeing 75%…”

Anglican Watch on Further reflections on the return of adulterous Anne Turner to ministry: “Totally agree. It’s one of the Episcopal Church’s great flaws: Cheap grace.”

Tom Rubino on Further reflections on the return of adulterous Anne Turner to ministry: “The church (in general) needs to understand and apply this reality: Repentance (the fruit of which is evidenced by long-term…”

Stinkbomb on Further reflections on the return of adulterous Anne Turner to ministry: “I’m watching the service at Grace tonight, and I’m going to lose my dinner. 1. I don’t believe in Satan.…”