Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
We’re now just a few days away from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia’s annual convention, which is being held Nov. 17-19 in Arlington Va. One of the candidates on the slate for a seat at General Convention is Sven vanBaars, the spectacularly unethical and inept rector of Abingdon parish. Anglican
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The Episcopal Survivors Network, which shares several staffers with this publication, today issued the following press release regarding the outrageous conduct on the part of Bishop Susan Goff, Title IV intake officer the Rev. Sven vanBaars, and other diocesan officials in responding to allegations of adultery by the Rev. Dr.
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You know things have gotten bad when the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia tacitly approves of adultery. And so it is with allegations that the Rev. Dr. Tom Simmons, rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal in Purcellville, himself married to Tait North Simmons (daughter of Iran-Contra figure Ollie North), has committed adultery with the wife
Continue readingMembers of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia are very familiar with the recent “Shout it from the Mountaintop,” campaign to fund capital expenses and improvements at one of the two diocesan retreats, Shrine Mont. But a review of Shine Mont Paycheck Protection Program loan information, together with Shrine Mont’s 990’s
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