Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
There’s a big difference between confidentiality and secrecy. Confidentiality is, in appropriate cases, essential for a healthy church. Secrecy, however, is almost always a sign of deep trouble. Unfortunately, the current discussion at the House of Bishops about Title IV, which is happening largely behind closed doors, is more secret
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Sources close to the matter have told Anglican Watch that EthicsPoint, the ethics hotline for DFMS, has received a formal ethics complaint about Todd Ousley, the bishop in charge of the Office of Pastoral Development. DFMS is the corporate entity for the national Episcopal church and is based in New York. The
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Many with ties to the Civil Rights movement will recall the racist rhetoric used by white Southerners to denounce efforts to promote integration. This rhetoric includes arguments about states’ rights, “massive resistance,” and the dog whistles accompanying these efforts. And leading the pack when it comes to dog whistles is
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Earlier, we covered allegations of racism by multiple persons at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), including a student and a former instructor. The instructor, a minority, had requested nominal downtime following the challenges of the pandemic and to deal with the trauma of the continuing microaggressions minorities typically experience in the
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