Friday, April 8, 2016

Presiding Bishop sacks senior US officials

From The Church Times-

TWO of the most senior officials in the Episcopal Church in the United States have been sacked, and a bishop demoted, after an independent investigation into misconduct.

Last December, the Presiding Bishop, the Most Revd Michael Curry, placed the chief operating officer, Bishop Stacy Sauls, the deputy chief operating officer, the director of mission, Samuel McDonald, and the director of public engagement and mission communications, Alex Baumgarten, on administrative leave after many allegations of misconduct (News,18 December).

In a statement on Monday, Presiding Bishop Curry announced that Mr McDonald and Mr Baumgarten had had their employment terminated, as the investigation had found that their behaviour violated “the highest standards of personal and professional conduct embodying the love of God and reflecting the teachings and the way of Jesus”.


More here-

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2016/8-april/news/world/presiding-bishop-sacks-senior-us-officials

and from RNS-

http://www.religionnews.com/2016/04/04/episcopal-church-fires-two-top-executives-accused-of-workplace-misconduct/

and from Fox-

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/05/episcopal-church-terminates-2-high-ranking-leaders.html

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