Category Archives: Anglican Church

Inappropriate pastoral conduct involving a child – a new ‘offence’ courtesy 2014 Synod? Part 4

Inappropriate pastoral conduct involving a child – a new ‘offence’ courtesy 2014 Synod? Part 4 By Louise Greentree Don’t let this happen if you do not want to be targeted by malicious and/or neurotic and/or incompetent parishioners and church workers In Part 1 of this series I wrote the following: If ever we, the supporters

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Inappropriate pastoral conduct involving a child – a new ‘offence’ courtesy 2014 Synod? Part 3

Inappropriate pastoral conduct involving a child – a new ‘offence’ courtesy 2014 Synod? Part 3 By Louise Greentree Don’t let this happen if you do not want to be targeted by malicious and/or neurotic and/or incompetent parishioners and church workers In Part 1 of this series I wrote the following: If ever we, the supporters

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Inappropriate pastoral conduct involving a child – a new ‘offence’ courtesy 2014 Synod? Part 2

Inappropriate pastoral conduct involving a child – a new ‘offence’ courtesy 2014 Synod? Part 2 By Louise Greentree Don’t let this happen if you do not want to be targeted by malicious and/or neurotic and/or incompetent parishioners and church workers ‘If ever we, the supporters and advisers of Drew and Pippa, ever needed confirmation that

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Inappropriate pastoral conduct involving a child – a new ‘offence’ courtesy 2014 Synod?

  Inappropriate pastoral conduct involving a child – a new ‘offence’ courtesy 2014 Synod? Part 1 By Louise Greentree Don’t let this happen if you do not want to be targeted by malicious and/or neurotic and/or incompetent parishioners and church workers If ever we, the supporters and advisers of Drew and Pippa, ever needed confirmation

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Drew & Pippa: What happened at the directions hearing on 18 September 2014?

What happened at the directions hearing on 18 September 2014? by Louise Greentree Well, after the last directions hearing (see my previous post about this), we had a lot of people praying hard for a calm, competent, professional and appropriate directions hearing this time around. Our prayers were answered – praise and thank God. Our

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About Figtree Anglican Church: This is the House that Rod Built Part 1

    About Figtree Anglican Church This is the House that Rod Built Part 1 ‘Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labour in vain’                                                                                          Psalm 127:1 (TNIV) Introduction This is the first of a short series of articles about Figtree Anglican Church, which is located in Figtree, a suburb of Wollongong, just

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What is happening now in the case of the Sydney PSU v Drew & Pippa?

What is happening now in the case of the Sydney PSU v Drew & Pippa? By Louise Greentree It is timely to inform you, dear Readers, where things now stand in relation to the unjustified pursuit of Drew and Pippa by the Professional Standards Unit (PSU) of the Sydney Anglican Church based on the complaints

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(More) About the Sydney Anglican Disciplinary Tribunal

(More) About the Sydney Anglican Disciplinary Tribunal by Louise Greentree Last Saturday I posted a review of the disgraceful behaviour towards Machelle Dobbs at a recent directions hearing in the Sydney Anglican Church’s Diocesan Tribunal in a case in which she was totally uninvolved other than to be there to assist her husband, who was

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Is buying a lost child an ice-cream child abuse? Have we gone too far in labelling mere actions as child abuse? Part 3 Did Elijah abuse the widow’s dead son? Did Jesus abuse the ‘little children’? Did you abuse Mark?

Is buying a lost child an ice-cream child abuse? Have we gone too far in labelling mere actions as child abuse? Part 3 Did Elijah abuse the widow’s dead son? Did Jesus abuse the ‘little children’? Did you abuse Mark?  By Louise Greentree[1] In Part 1 I looked at the scenario of someone like you

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Is buying a lost child an ice-cream child abuse? Have we gone too far in labelling mere actions as child abuse? Part 2 Did Professor Albus Dumbledore abuse Harry Potter?

Is buying a lost child an ice-cream child abuse? Have we gone too far in labelling mere actions as child abuse? Part 2 Did Professor Albus Dumbledore abuse Harry Potter? By Louise Greentree[1] In Part 1 I looked at the scenario of someone like you hugging and comforting a lost child in a shopping centre,

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