{"id":25084,"date":"2017-06-03T22:13:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T02:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=25084"},"modified":"2017-06-04T07:34:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T11:34:32","slug":"diocese-of-caledonia-after-worley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/diocese-of-caledonia-after-worley\/","title":{"rendered":"Diocese of Caledonia after Worley"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>Rev. Jacob Worley, was elected as the new Bishop of Caledonia by the diocese. Subsequently, he was turned down for the position by the province\u2019s house of bishops because he held a view <em>\u201ccontrary to the Doctrine or Discipline of the Anglican Church of Canada\u201d<\/em>, a church of such loose doctrine, discipline and morality that very few before Worley have accomplished this immensely difficult feat.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the diocese is going through the whole process again.<\/p>\n<p>There are two sad aspects to this: first, the fact that Worley was banned from being bishop on such a flimsy pretext and second, that the diocese is going along with it. Their accommodation to the liberal juggernaut reminds me of the rather flawed advice that politician Clayton Williams gave to potential rape victims: \u201cif it&#8217;s inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Anglican Church of Canada loves to have a few tame conservatives on hand to be conveniently paraded whenever extra evidence of inclusion is needed; Caledonia has been tamed. The diocese should be wary, though: after rape comes pillage.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanjournal.com\/articles\/diocese-of-caledonia-moving-on-after-worley-decision-administrator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The diocese of Caledonia has decided to accept last month\u2019s ruling by the provincial House of Bishops to block the consecration of the Rev. Jake Worley as bishop, its administrator says.<\/p>\n<p>Worley was elected bishop of the diocese April 22, but on May 15 the House of Bishops of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon announced it was objecting to his election, citing ministry he had performed in the United States for the province of Rwanda. As specified in provincial canons, the bishops said, their decision was final.<\/p>\n<p>On May 16, the Rev. Gwen Andrews, appointed to manage the diocese\u2019s day-to-day affairs since the retirement of Bishop William Anderson last December, announced she was \u201cshocked and saddened\u201d by the decision, adding the diocese\u2019s clergy and executive committee would be meeting May 25-26 to discuss how to respond to it.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Anglican Journal Thursday, June 2, Andrews said both the clergy and executive council had decided to put the decision behind them and begin planning for a second election, to be held some time before October 31.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rev. Jacob Worley, was elected as the new Bishop of Caledonia by the diocese. Subsequently, he was turned down for the position by the province\u2019s house of bishops because he held a view \u201ccontrary to the Doctrine or Discipline of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/diocese-of-caledonia-after-worley\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2451],"tags":[2450],"class_list":["post-25084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diocese-of-caledonia","tag-rev-jacob-worley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}