(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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To our friends: why have we resorted to a letter and the website www.churchdispute.com to seek your help?

To our friends: why have we resorted to a letter and the website www.churchdispute.com to seek your help?      Some of our friends wonder why we have written and placed articles on the website www.churchdispute.com and then written to them asking them to read these articles. There are many reasons, and we, Pippa and Drew, hope

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Our lives are shattered and now we are to be sued!

Our lives are shattered and now we are to be sued! By Pippa Over a year ago, our lives were shattered by the abuse of process by the PSU and their defamatory statements made at the parish church. This announcement was necessary because of the gossip stimulated by the defamatory email sent by Complainant 1

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Shooting the messenger: now Complainant 1 is threatening to sue me

Shooting the messenger: now Complainant 1 is threatening to sue me By Louise Greentree[1] Late last week I received a letter by email from a lawyer for Complainant 1 stating that his client took exception to the content of some of the articles I have posted about and on behalf of Drew and Pippa concerning

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Is buying a lost child an ice-cream child abuse? Is doing your job child abuse? Have we gone too far in labelling actions as child abuse? Part 1

Imagine this scenario: You are shopping in one of the large shopping centres – Westfield’s at Bondi Junction for you Sydneysiders; Chadstone for those in Melbourne. Each city of any size in Australia has at least one. It is crowded and noisy: the sound of children’s voices form the shrill top note of the hubbub

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“Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent the Lord detests them both” Proverbs 17:15 Please help us: Drew is indeed ‘the innocent’

Introduction: This is a rather different response to the terrible anguish that has been inflicted on Drew and Pippa, first by utterly baseless complaints to the PSU Sydney diocese of the Anglican church made by an assistant youth worker who worked with Drew in the past (2002 – 2008), and, secondly, by the response to

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About Drew and Pippa

About Drew and Pippa Drew is the youngest of five, three of whom have been in fulltime ministry and the eldest of which oversees the operational management of a church in Queensland. Drew’s parents gave their time and skills voluntarily in full-time Christian ministry to a prominent Christian Bible College, when most people simply enjoy

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Drew’s Account of Bullying and Denial of Rights by the PSU

Drew’s Account of Bullying and Denial of Rights by the PSU This has been the most soul destroying, emotionally depleting ordeal of our lives and has rendered me unemployable in my life long calling to ministry. We still pray and trust that God will grant me the opportunity to defend myself against the complaints leveled

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