From The Bahamas-
Revealing details of the "embarrassing scandal" that has hit the Anglican Church in The Bahamas, retired Archbishop Drexel Gomez said in an affidavit filed late yesterday afternoon that during his tenure he had permitted Archdeacon Etienne Bowleg to remain as rector of Holy Trinity Church until he received information from one of the priest's siblings about his age and the unequal treatment of other clergymen of the same age.
Gomez said in his affidavit that the audited accounts relating to Holy Trinity revealed that the vestry of the church was making monthly payments of $3,000 to provide an annuity to Bowleg upon his retirement.
The archbishop's affidavit was made on behalf of the Anglican Church and Bishop Laish Boyd in support of their applications to discharge or vary an order issued by Senior Supreme Court Justice Jon Isaacs.
Isaacs recently granted an injunction blocking Boyd or anyone else from removing Bowleg until his matter is heard in court.
After fighting unsuccessfully to get the public record altered to have his birth year recognized as eight years later than what is recorded on his birth certificate, Bowleg filed another court application, alleging that Boyd has no authority to remove him as rector because the church regulation under which the bishop acted was never gazetted.
The retired archbishop said that on October 8, 2007 he wrote Bowleg advising him that as he had attained the retirement age he was required to vacate his office as of December 31, 2007.
Gomez said Bowleg wrote him on October 28, 2007 asserting that his date of birth is December 18, 1945 (although his birth certificate states the year of his birth as 1937).
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