Presiding bishop announces Title IV transparency webpage detailing cases against bishops

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Diocese of Texas has suspended the Rev. Jason Myers, who had been serving as associate rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Fort Worth, after he was arrested and charged with online solicitation of a minor. The charge is a felony when it involves attempted sexual contact with a person younger…

The Rev. Christopher Easthill, rector of St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican-Episcopal Church in Wiesbaden, Germany, serves as chair of the Council of Churches in Germany. He is the first Episcopal priest to hold that position. Photo: Courtesy of Christopher Easthill [Episcopal News Service] Earlier this year, the Rev. Christopher Easthill, rector of St. Augustine of…

“We are your neighbors,” from left Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, Jewish Theological Seminary; Sandra Montes, Union Theological Seminary; Abigail Asgaralli, Union Theological Seminary; Ian Rottenberg, Columbia University Office of Religious Life; the Rev. Chloe Breyer, Interfaith Center of New York; and, Henry Goldschmidt, Interfaith Center of New York Photo: Interfaith Center of New York [Episcopal News…

[Church of England] The National Safeguarding Team has today announced the conclusion of the work to review all clergy under the authority or oversight of the Church of England who are criticized in the Makin review, published in November. The review was commissioned to look at the church’s handling of the allegations of the horrendous abuse…

The Rev. Daramali Abudigin. Photo: Courtesy of Daramali Abudigin [Religion News Service] A priest of the Anglican Church of Sudan who stayed in El-Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur, to serve Christians remaining there, is now homeless after paramilitary violence forced him out of his church. The Rev. Daramali Abudigin, 44, kept his St. Mathew…

[Anglican Communion News Service] Coinciding with International Literacy Day on Sept. 8, Mothers’ Union has launched a new initiative, “Empower Her Literacy.” Its aim is to raise awareness of the critical issue of female illiteracy, which affects 480 million women globally. The global Anglican movement is asking people to join their campaign to put women’s education…