Tag: Tenth Presbyterian

Tenth Presbyterian’s Susan Elzey: Criminal or victim? Or both?

February 19, 2025 Anglican Watch One comment

Susan Elzey and Liam Goligher, shortly after being criminally charged for sex in a public park

In the slow-moving saga of abuse and corruption at Tenth Presbyterian (PCA) Philadelphia, the name of former deaconess Susan Elzey often comes up following Anglican Watch’s discovery that she had sexual relations in a Lancaster, Pa., park with Senior Pastor Liam Goligher. As part of that discussion, we have received

Wheaton College president Phil Ryken urged to resign over his role in abuse at Tenth Presbyterian

February 11, 2025 Anglican Watch 8 comments

The father of one of the girls allegedly sexually assaulted by youth minister Carroll Wynne during Phil Ryken’s time as Senior Pastor of Tenth Presbyterian (PCA) in Philadelphia has come forward to urge Ryken to resign as president of Wheaton College. Anglican Watch joins in calling for Ryken’s immediate resignation. In a

Time for Tenth Presbyterian to close its doors

February 24, 2024 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

We’re reluctant to recommend that any church close. That’s the case, particularly when a specific church holds beliefs or comes from a faith tradition different from our own. That’s because it’s far too easy to conflate differences with corruption. That said, there comes a time when all we can do

Tenth’s Session models the very definition of contumacy, as it appoints nimrod Paul Duggan a commissioner in the Goligher debacle

February 21, 2024 Anglican Watch 4 comments

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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Anglican Watch on Shocking report reveals extent of Aaron Solomon’s abuse: “Thank you. Yes, this is a painful story and incredibly frustrating. Let’s hope we yet will see justice,”

Jo on Shocking report reveals extent of Aaron Solomon’s abuse: “She is a very courageous woman. I am so sorry for the hell on earth that Angie and Gracie have…”