South Carolina Break-Away Group Continues Legal Action
The break-away group in South Carolina followed through on their hints and announced they were filing a U. S. Supreme Court appeal, claiming that state supreme court's denial of their requests for recusal and rehearing raised issues of unfairness and religious freedom. However, the future filings will need to be more honest than the amica brief filed by 106 supposed religious leaders in the latest state court round. When the Update reported on this brief, we raised questions about the signers. Blogger Steve Skaradon went farther by actually checking the names. Several of those he called claimed they had not given permission for the use of their names or were unaware of the brief. Be sure read his posts from November 21-25, 2017.Archbishop Sentamu Responds to Regime Change in Zimbabwe
Ten years ago on British TV, Archbishop Sentamu, originally from Zimbabwe, took off his clergy collar and cut it into pieces, vowing not to wear it again until President Mugabe was no longer in office in Zimbabwe. This week in another TV interview, he gladly put his collar back on. He has also been offering prayers for his former country, and advising that they cannot just stitch over the years of hurt and may need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.California Parishes Begin Healing After Fires
Pittsburgh Episcopal Update has carried stories on the response of Episcopal Parishes to the California fires (most recently here). The latest ENS story is about two parishes beginning the process of healing.ACNA Groups in Scotland and Canada Get New Members
Apparently the election of a woman as bishop was the last straw for one parish in the Scottish Episcopal Church. The parish was already unhappy with the decision of the church to allow same-sex marriage. The parish announced it was leaving the Scottish Episcopal Church and had been accepted by the ACNA consecrated bishop, Andrew Lines. The Isle of Harris is the southern part of an island off the coast of Scotland. Its mostly Presbyterian inhabitants (total population less than 2000) is conservative. The parish membership is quite small, 15 in attendance on the Sunday when one blogger wrote about his visit.Meanwhile in Canada the Anglican Network (ACNA) announced that the Anglican Church of Canada's retired Bishop of Caledonia, William Anderson, has joined the Anglican Network. Anderson protested the treatment of Jacob Worley whose election as his successor was not confirmed by the provincial bishops (the Church of Canada uses the term "province" for regional groupings), and who was most recently removed from his parish and ministry by the new bishop of Caledonia. (See Update here). The Anglican Journal has full coverage with comments from the Anglican Church Archbishop.