{"id":25492,"date":"2017-11-12T17:40:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T22:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=25492"},"modified":"2017-11-12T17:58:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T22:58:59","slug":"the-firing-of-rev-jacob-worley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-firing-of-rev-jacob-worley\/","title":{"rendered":"The firing of Rev Jacob Worley"},"content":{"rendered":"

There aren\u2019t many ways that lead to a priest being fired from the Anglican Church of Canada; in fact, providing one isn\u2019t too enthusiastic about one\u2019s faith, it is rather difficult. Criminal activity such as embezzlement <\/a>and paederasty <\/a>tend \u2013 if found out \u2013 to be frowned upon, as is trying to murder a parishioner<\/a>. On the other hand, disbelief in Biblical principles and spreading that disbelief is the bedrock upon which Canadian Anglicanism rests: the less a priest believes, the more secure his job.<\/p>\n

Flouting the wishes of the Anglican Synod, far from being a cause for censure or\u00a0 termination is hailed joyously as prophetic<\/em>. Providing it is liberal flouting \u2013 just look at the antics of Bird<\/a>, Chapman <\/a>et al. following the last Anglican synod..<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Rev Jacob Worley has been fired. No reason was given but it\u2019s difficult not to suspect it is because he is that most rare clerical specimen, now almost extinct in the Anglican Church of Canada, a genuine Christian.<\/p>\n

The writing was on the wall for Worley since it wasn\u2019t too long ago that his election as bishop was overturned on a technicality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Archbishop Privett did the firing without explanation, not that one is needed since it seems fairly clear that he bent to the will of the ecclesiastical zeitgeist, and behaved in the disgusting manner we have come to expect of Anglican Archbishops in Canada. The diocese and archbishop have lived down to my modest expectations in every way.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, Worley opposes same-sex marriage. That could have nothing to do with it, surely.<\/p>\n

Read it all at the Anglican Planet<\/a>:<\/p>\n

THE REV. JACOB WORLEY was told by Archbishop John Privett in a phone call and a letter received Friday, Nov. 10 that Worley\u2019s employment as a priest in the Diocese of Caledonia is being terminated. Worley says that when he asked what the reason was, Privett (who is Metropolitan of the Province of BC & Yukon) declined to give him one.\u00a0 In accordance with Immigration rules, Worley has to leave Canada for the United States within ten days of his last day of employment, which is on Sunday, Nov. 19.\u00a0 “I’m going to trust the Lord \u2013 who else am I going to trust?\u00a0 I could say like Job, ‘Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.’ I’m going to rejoice,\u201d said Worley when reached by phone.<\/p>\n

In May of 2017, Worley made headlines in Church news when the House of Bishops of the Province of BC and Yukon refused to approve him as Bishop of Caledonia, a diocese that stretches across the northern half of British Columbia.\u00a0 The majority decision cited Provincial Canon 4(b)vi, which states that an objection to the election of a bishop may be brought on the grounds that \u201che or she teaches or holds or within five years previously taught or held anything contrary to the Doctrine or Discipline of the Anglican Church of Canada.\u201d\u00a0 In a statement released by the Anglican Church of Canada on May 15, Privett was quoted as saying that “within the past five years the Rev. Worley has held \u2013 and continues to hold \u2013 views contrary to the Discipline of the Anglican Church of Canada.\u201d These \u201cviews\u201d relate to jurisdictional issues, as Worley had served for a time within AMiA (Anglican Mission in America) in the United States.<\/p>\n

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Reflecting on the news that he will be forced to leave his parish, Worley said, \u201cThis is how it started in The Episcopal Church, how the exodus began.\u00a0 People got shoved out.\u00a0 In those cases, they were given no reason…but everybody knew the reason.” But he added \u201cI know that God will work all things together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purposes. He will use this for His glory and the good of His church.<\/p>\n

The Diocese of Caledonia and the office of Archbishop Privett have also been contacted for comment but at the time of publication have not responded.<\/p>\n

Worley and his wife, Kelly, have five children, aged 12 to 25.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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