Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
Disclosure: Anglican Watch editor Eric Bonetti is a former member of Grace Episcopal Church. Grace Episcopal Church in Alexandria, VA, has invited rector Anne Turner to return to ministry following the Diocese of Virginia’s suspension of her for adultery. While Diocesan officials have approved the decision, Anglican Watch believes it is unwise
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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
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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
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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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