“I was worried that if any other allegations were made it would reignite a police investigation,” Carey said in his statement. “I was told quite categorically that any past indecency matters would not be taken further.”
“Following a hearing at the Central Criminal Court today Bishop Peter Ball has pleaded guilty to two charges of indecent assault and one charge of misconduct in public office.”
When the Church of England made the journey to allowing women to become bishops the Archbishops of Canterbury and York established a process for parishes which cannot accept women exercising priesthood among them to file a grievance should they believe that a bishop in the Church of England has not honored the House of Bishops’ Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests in supplying the parishes with clergy.
Wednesday, 22 JUL 2015, was a day of historic firsts. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Justin Welby consecrated the first women to be made bishops from the Church of England’s historic heart, Canterbury Cathedral. He also consecrated the Church of England’s first female diocesan bishop.
The Rt. Rev. Paul Bayes, Bishop of Liverpool, met with a group of LGBT Christians recently. In his sermon he said, God has called you
The Rev Owen Chadwick, priest, professor, and prolific author of religious history works, is remembered in an in-depth obituary published by the Guardian. In addition
Archbishop Welby wants to stem the coming tidal wave of decline in the Church of England while, at the same, prepare Bishops and senior clerics for leading church institutions. His approach has created controversy.
It’s been a year since the Church of England allowed the consecration of bishops (and a week since the Seventh-Day Adventists voted against the ordination
A storm was brewing over York Minster this weekend as a local vicar took to the airwaves to criticize his colleague, Canon Michael Smith, for
“The Bishop of Horsham announced today that following a period of strenuous theological reflection he now wishes to accept the sacramental ministry of all women and men ordained as deacon, priest and bishop in the Church of England.” – Diocese of Chichester