News Updates

News Updates

May 2009

• Church Attorney to Bishop Bennison: Don't Release Letters

  The ecclesiastical Court for the Trial of a Bishop has issued a temporary gag order prohibiting Bishop Charles Bennison of Pennsylvania from making public letters that he claims would exonerate him of charges that he failed to report sexual misconduct commmitted by his brother.

  Posted on May 29, 2009

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• Fr. Armstrong: Misunderstanding Led to Missed Court Date

  A bench warrant, issued shortly after the Rev. Don Armstrong failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing on May 27, was due to a misunderstanding and quickly quashed, according to to Fr. Armstrong, who said his lawyer accompanied him to court and resolved the matter to the satisfaction of the judge.

  Posted on May 29, 2009

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• 80-Year-Old Woman Accused of Theft from Church

  An 80-year-old woman who served as treasurer of a charitable women’s group at St. Stephen’s Church, New Port Richey, Fla., is accused of stealing $44,000 by writing checks made out to cash. The alleged theft came from an account that is separate from the parish operating budget.

  Posted on May 29, 2009

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• Disgraced Florida TV Priest Joins Episcopal Church

  The Rev. Alberto Cutié, the Roman Catholic priest and TV host who was removed from his parish after a magazine published photos of him kissing a woman on a beach, has been received into The Episcopal Church. But the Most Rev. John C. Favalora, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Miami, said Fr. Cutié has not been released from his vows to the Roman Catholic priesthood.

  Posted on May 28, 2009

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• San Joaquin Bishops Reflect on Depositions

  The Rt. Rev. John-David Schofield, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin, said it was “with a mixture of sadness and joy” that he learned that members of the clergy who left The Episcopal Church were deposed by his successor as the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin.

  Posted on May 28, 2009

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• Covenant Working Group Announced

  The task force charged with revising the fourth section of the proposed Anglican Covenant will consist of four members from the previous 12-member task force. Neither of the Episcopalians on the original Covenant Design Group was included on the new working group.

  Posted on May 28, 2009

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• 3 Bishops, ACI Call for Email Investigation

  Allegations of conduct unbecoming a member of the clergy will be lodged by three bishops against a member of the national Executive Council and the president of Integrity in response to the misappropriation and publication of private correspondence.

  Posted on May 27, 2009

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• CDSP Dean Won’t Seek New Term

  Donn Morgan said he will not seek another term as president and dean of Church Divinity School of the Pacific when his contract concludes in June 2010.

  Posted on May 27, 2009

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• Bishop Rivera Pioneers ‘New Model of Episcopate’

  The Rt. Rev. Bavi “Nedi” Rivera, Suffragan Bishop of Olympia since 2004, was installed as provisional Bishop of Eastern Oregon May 23. She said the diocese was in the midst of a transition and would need to consider new ways of doing ministry.

  Posted on May 27, 2009

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• Easton Bishop to Head VTS Board

  Bishop James Shand of Easton was elected chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary, replacing Bishop Peter Lee of Virginia, who will step down June 30.

  Posted on May 27, 2009

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