Category: The Lead

Justin Welby is expected to be away from May to July 2021, studying in either Cambridge or the United States. 

In response to the surge in Covid-19 cases, the dioceses of Central Pennsylvania, Bethlehem, Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania have suspended indoor worship through the end of the year. Has your diocese made recent changes to restrictions on indoor worship?

The Convention delegates considered a budget presented by the Executive Board which reflected cuts necessary to balance the budget anticipating receipts of approximately 15% less giving by parishes to the Diocese. After an extended discussion the Convention declined to approve the budget and thereby referred the budget back to the Executive Board.

37 of 41 member churches were represented at a virtual meeting last week of the primates of the Anglican Communion. Topics covered included: the pandemic; safe church for children, young people and vulnerable adults; science; identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage.

“Plaintiffs’ complaint is bereft of allegations that any student, either one of their own children or any other, has ever been punished or threatened with punishment under the Challenged Policies for expressing dissent or disapproval of another student’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.”

The Diocese of Maryland said in an email to its members that it is “entirely possible” and “probable” restrictions will continue through Christmas unless the COVID-19 positivity rate and hospitalization rate decrease. And when restrictions are eased, the diocese said, there still may be a cap on the number of the people who can gather in-person, regardless of what Maryland’s capacity might be set at.

The bishop “inexplicably delayed in advising the Standing Committee of other formal complaints about the same clergy member” and did not share relevant information in a timely manner with the committee and a canonical investigator looking into the case.

Some of those charged told Reuters they had been stigmatized as a result of the raid and a televised news conference held by police in which they were identified the day after their arrest in 2018. Another of the men said the striking out of the case would not help him to be reconciled with his family who had rejected him over the matter.

If she is successful in the state-senate elections on Tuesday she will remain minister of the church, and also be the first openly lesbian state senator in Georgia.