The largest of many allegedly fraudulent checks paid from death benefits, by a fund dating to 1769.

$1.4 Million Fraud Alleged in Pennsylvania
By Kirk Petersen

The head of the Clergy Assurance Fund is accused of misappropriating funds earmarked for the survivors of deceased Episcopal clergy. Read on

First Female Diocesan Bishop Dies at 84
By Douglas LeBlanc

The Rt. Rev. Mary Adelia Rosamond McLeod, ninth Bishop of Vermont and first woman to lead a diocese, passed away on October 12. “I really just bring myself, warts and all,” she said at her 1993 consecration.  Read on

MP Warns of Possible Disestablishment 

By Mark Michael

A gay Labour MP is taking on the Church of England over same-sex marriage, after the church refused to allow the daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu to officiate at a funeral. Read on

Churches Can Get More Pandemic Money
By Kirk Petersen

There's still time for churches to apply for potentially tens of thousands of dollars from the Employee Retention Credit program. If you don't know what that is, you're not alone -- and the IRS is no help.  Read on

Pusey Vindicated
Review by Chip Prehn

In Grace and Incarnation, the authors defend Edward Pusey against allegations of "bastardizing" Anglican Christianity, calling the 19th-century professor a reformer who "set the tone" for John Henry Newman.  Read on

Hard & Soft Apologetics
By George Sumner

"We Americans always list toward the pragmatic, though joining a church is not in most cases a pragmatic thing to do anymore." Read on

The Prayer Book & General Convention
By Matthew S.C. Olver

Resolution 2022-A059 is a conscious, self-described attempt to change the nature of the Book of Common Prayer -- and thus the Episcopal Church itself. Read on

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