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Statement from Bishop of Sheffield following the retrial of Chris Brain

Chris Brain has today been found guilty on all remaining charges, following a retrial on the five charges the jury could not agree on in his original trial in 2025. Brain was convicted in August 2025 of 17 counts of indecent assault against nine women...
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Bishop of Salisbury suspended from ministry

The two complaints brought against the Bishop of Salisbury, Stephen Lake, under the Clergy Discipline Measure, will now proceed to the next stage and Bishop Stephen has been asked to respond to the allegations. He has been suspended from ministry by the Archbishop of Canterbury.  Suspension is...
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Taking Greenland?

There’s been talk of the United States acquiring Greenland, which is autonomously governed within...
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Martin Luther birthed Karl Marx?

Polemical British cleric Calvin Robinson unsurprisingly sparked a fracas when addressing the “Mere Anglicanism” conference in...
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Pope Francis and Protestants

Conservative Protestants, some of whom came from traditions traditionally anti-Catholic, admired Pope John Paul...
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Bad church advice on Hamas

Sometimes, church prelates unwisely speak to political questions, exceeding the mandate of their vocation...
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Church banality on Middle East terror

Mainline Protestant agencies are typically hostile to Israel. So their morally empty statements about...
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Vacuous Prayers for Ukraine

U.S. church pronouncements about international affairs often are detached, anodyne, and sometimes surreal. Russia’s attack...
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Bishop Tutu, God & Democracy

South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu had critics and they included myself and my...
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Transgender Lutheran Bishop & Nicaea

Just elected Lutheran Bishop Megan Rohrer of Sacramento is America’s first transgender bishop. Rohrer, who was...
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Missionary Rescued & Captors Killed

American missionary Philip Walton was rescued Saturday in Nigeria by the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team 6, who killed...
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Diana Butler Bass vs Council of Nicaea

Recently liberal Episcopal writer Diana Butler Bass ignited a Twitter storm by recalling how she learned...
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What Grows & Kills Churches?

Yesterday my colleague Jeff Walton posted about the opening of Falls Church Anglican’s glorious new sanctuary...

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Statement from Bishop of Sheffield following the retrial of Chris Brain

Chris Brain has today been found guilty on all remaining charges, following a retrial...
Press Releases

Bishop of Salisbury suspended from ministry

The two complaints brought against the Bishop of Salisbury, Stephen Lake, under the Clergy Discipline Measure,...
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Statement from Kris McDaniel of C4SO over 2015 Eucharistic discipline comments

Dear Clergy, As we announced last week, the College of Bishops has unanimously consented to...
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Bishop of Manchester installs wife as honorary cathedral canon

Manchester Cathedral welcomed new Canons during Choral Evensong on Monday evening, including the installation...