Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
There are many studies on family systems and church conflict. All of them reach one conclusion: unresolved conflict is deadly to churches. That’s sad because the Episcopal church is a master at ignoring conflict, sweeping it under the rug, or hiding it behind quasi-Elizabethan liturgy. Signs of unresolved conflict So
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Far too often, church members ignore the details of Title IV clergy disciplinary matters. But that’s a missed opportunity, as the pleadings offer telling insights into the underlying allegations. Additionally, we can glean a huge amount of information from the relevant conduct and pleadings about the values and intent of
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Canon lawyer Michael Rehill recently scored a small victory in the Amjad Samuel Title IV case by getting clearance from the Title IV hearing panel to post discovery on the Episcopal Church in Connecticut (ECCT) diocesan website. But Rehill’s victory is pyrrhic, and the enormous supplemental brief posted to the website merely highlights Samuel’s true
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Earlier we reported on the Title IV case in the Diocese of CT involving Amjad Samuel. There has been a spate of recent hearing panel filings, which we have reviewed. And true to form, canon lawyer Michael Rehill’s pleadings are annoying, disingenuous, and inaccurate. For example, Rehill objects that the
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