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Subject TLC Weekly: Konieczny Identified as Bishop in Misconduct Allegations; Singh's Sons, Former Wife Greet Restrictions Warily; Remembering Life's Journey
Date September 8, 2023 10:01 AM
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Konieczny Identified as Bishop in Sexual Contact Allegation

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Bishop Ed Konieczny in Oklahoma City, 2019 | Kirk Petersen photo


** Konieczny Subject of 'Improper Behavior"
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** By Kirk Petersen
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Julia Ayala Harris’s own former bishop, Ed Konieczny, is the person she alleges made inappropriate contact of a sexual nature. This and other accusations of "improper behavior" prompted more than three dozen bishops ([link removed]) to sign a letter saying they were angered "about the perception – or the reality – that bishops get a free pass on behavioral issues.” Read on ([link removed]) .


** Sons, Former Wife Wary of Restrictions
By Doug LeBlanc
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Bishop Prince Singh is now restricted from any form of ordained ministry, but that is less of a relief to his adult sons and his former wife than it could have many months ago. Read on ([link removed]) .


** GSFA Plans Cairo Assembly in 2024
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** By Mark Michael
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The Global South Fellowship of Anglicans has opened a secretariat in Cairo and is convening a meeting of traditionalist Anglican leaders in October to plan for the body’s first assembly, which will convene in Cairo June 11-13, 2024. Read on ([link removed]) .


** A Battle for the Soul of General Convention
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** OPINION
By Kirk Petersen
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“Battle for the Soul …” OK, that’s kind of a clickbait headline.

Here’s a more literal title: “Analysis of Proposed Changes to General Convention Legislative Processes.” If you’re already bored to tears, I respect that, and you have my blessing to stop reading now. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Can It Be Forgotten?
By David Mason Barr
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I have recently wondered: what if Scripture could functionally be erased right in front of our eyes? Perhaps not erased on some deeper metaphysical level — how could it? — but erased in that we look beyond its words, let it pass through our ears, and fail to keep it in our heads and hearts, erasing it by ignoring it. Read on ([link removed]) . ([link removed])


** Remembering Life's Journey
By Daniel Martins
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Those who are familiar with some of my earlier contributions to the Covenant blog are aware that Brenda, my wife of 51 years, is well down the road of Alzheimer’s-caused dementia. As a result, of course, I have had to navigate a peculiar sort of grief. Read on ([link removed]) .

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