The Rhode Island State Police and the state Attorney General have announced there will be no criminal charges in the sex investigation of St. George’s
[Though the bishop was] not to make contact with the complainants during your initial investigation… Bishop Bruno through his attorney continued his aggressive efforts to take the deposition of the spouse of the St James vicar and threatened sanctions for delay of that deposition
Bishop Matthews wrote to representatives of the St. James congregation. “I have determined that if the allegations presented are true, canonical violations may have occurred.”
Episcopalians formerly associated with the Church of St James the Great, a mission of the Diocese of Los Angeles which has been recently disbanded by the Rt Revd J Jon Bruno, bishop diocesan of Los Angeles, have filed charges against Bishop Bruno under Title IV.