A complaint lodged against the Rt Rev Anne Dyer, Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, will be heard at a Clergy Discipline Tribunal in January 2027.

Last month, the Preliminary Proceedings Committee (PPC) of the Scottish Episcopal Church referred to the Church’s Procurator a complaint concerning an alleged breach of the Code of Canons relating to the designation of a pro-cathedral in the Diocese of Aberdeen & Orkney. A pro-cathedral is a church designated to serve temporarily as a cathedral.

The Procurator, Paul Reid KC, has now decided to take that complaint to a hearing before the Clergy Discipline Tribunal, and Bishop Dyer has been formally notified of this decision.

The Tribunal hearing will take place at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh, commencing on 14 January 2027 and continuing the following day. Under the terms of Canon 54, hearings are held in public, unless determined otherwise by the Tribunal.

Bishop Dyer now has one month to enter a plea in respect of the accusations. She remains suspended during the Canon 54 process, and the Most Rev Mark Strange continues as Acting Bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen & Orkney.

The Church will make no further comment at this stage.