We continue to look with dismay at the foot-dragging, cover-up, and spiritual abuse that is coming to the fore in the matter of Tenth Presbyterian, Liam Goligher, and Susan Elzey. In that vein, there is no better example of the toxic morass that Tenth Presbyterian has become than the appointment
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Tenth Presbyterian drags its feet as it tries to avoid filing clergy disciplinary charges against Liam Goligher
In the wake of the debacle involving Liam Goligher and Susan Elzey, it’s becoming increasingly clear that neither Tenth Presbyterian, the Tenth Session, nor the Philadelphia Presbytery have the spine to deal with corruption and abuse. Indeed, all involved appear to be dragging their feet, versus doing the honorable thing,
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As Liam Goligher and Susan Elzey make the rounds with their various fabrications about their rendezvous in Lancaster and how it was (pick one): A set-up. A picnic. A consolation session after Elzey’s son purportedly got in trouble with the law. Something other than a sexual encounter (like maybe an
Continue readingTenth Pres needs to discipline Goligher, NOW
Presbyterian polity is interesting. Devoid of the weasel-wording and vague strictures of Episcopal Title IV, the Book of Church Order (BCO) is nothing if not specific. Unfortunately, when used by a corrupt session, like the one at Tenth Presbyterian in Philadelphia, the BCO can also provide the details that give
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