Category Archives: Anglican Church

It’s a funny thing … About the Sydney Anglican Disciplinary Tribunal Part 2 Drew & Pippa are warned about faults in the Disciplinary Tribunal process.

It’s a funny thing … About the Sydney Anglican Disciplinary Tribunal Part 2 Drew & Pippa are warned about faults in the Disciplinary Tribunal process. By Louise Greentree[1] Introduction It’s a funny thing about the Sydney Anglican Disciplinary Tribunal. The Deputy President has been much at pains to warn Drew that there are potential faults

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It’s a funny thing ….. About the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Anglican Church of Australia Sydney Diocese Part 1 Disgraceful behaviour by Deputy President of the Disciplinary Tribunal Sydney Anglican Church

It’s a funny thing ….. About the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Anglican Church of Australia Sydney Diocese Part 1 Disgraceful behaviour by Deputy President of the Disciplinary Tribunal Sydney Anglican Church By Louise Greentree[1] Introduction In my series ‘Drew’s Adventures in Wonderland’[2] I pulled apart the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Anglican Church of Australia Sydney

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It’s a funny thing … Introduction to the series

It’s a funny thing … Introduction to the series By Louise Greentree[1] ‘It’s a funny thing …‘ is the title of another casual series of observations about the Anglican Church Sydney diocese, its’ officers, senior clergy, committee members, members of the Safe Ministry Board, the second deputy Chancellor, members of the Disciplinary Tribunal, Director of

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This is the House that Rod Built Part 2 Helen Irvine

About Figtree Anglican Church This is the House that Rod Built  Part 2 Helen Irvine This is Rod’s wife who spread a lie who worshipped in the house that Rod built. By Louise Greentree[1]  Introduction In Part 1 I discussed how Rod Irvine built Figtree Anglican Church into a mega-church and how the traps and

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The Benefits of the Mediation Process in the case of Sydney PSU v Drew

Anglican Church of Australia Sydney Diocese   The Benefits of the Mediation Process In the case of Sydney PSU v Drew   By Louise Greentree[1] Introduction In two postings preceding this, the first, ‘Twenty-one reasons why the case promoted by Sydney PSU Director Lachlan Bryant against Drew cannot and should not be allowed to go

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Twenty-one reasons why the case promoted by Sydney PSU[1] Director Lachlan Bryant against Drew should, and in a just world must, go to mediation.

The Anglican Church of Australia Sydney Diocese Twenty-one reasons why the case promoted by Sydney PSU[1] Director Lachlan Bryant against Drew should, and in a just world must, go to mediation. By Louise Greentree[2] Introduction Just a week ago, I published an article entitled ‘Twenty-one reasons why the case promoted by Sydney PSU Director Lachlan

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Twenty-one reasons why the case promoted by Sydney PSU Director Lachlan Bryant against Drew cannot and should not be allowed to go to a hearing.

The Anglican Church of Australia Sydney Diocese Twenty-one reasons why the case promoted by Sydney PSU Director Lachlan Bryant against Drew cannot and should not be allowed to go to a hearing.  Reason 1: The charges do not allege any form of child abuse, child sexual abuse or grooming. Not only is this in opposition

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The Leopard has not changed its spots.

The Leopard has not changed its spots. By Louise Greentree[1]   The particular leopard I have in mind is the Anglican Church in Sydney, though this might apply to other churches as well. In The Australian newspaper on 18 March 2015 it is reported that as a result of the inquiries by the Royal Commission

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Overheard in Gloria Jean’s: another Cautionary Tale for dealing with the Anglican Church

Overheard in Gloria Jean’s Another Cautionary Tale for dealing with the Anglican Church[1]  By Louise Greentree  In November 2007, the Synod of the National Anglican Church in Australia approved the creation of a National Register of clergy and church workers accused (not convicted) of child abuse or sexual misconduct. The Age newspaper (distributed in the

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Devastation Part 3 by Pippa: the breadth and depth of devastation for the family and those falsely accused of serious sexual misconduct with a child who are then denied the right to a considered defence for 18 months.

Devastation Part 3 The breadth and depth of devastation for the family and those falsely accused of serious sexual misconduct with a child who are then denied the right to a considered defence for 18 months. By Pippa  This is now the third article in a series which reveals the devastation experienced by our family

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