The Court for the Trial of a Bishop has denied a request for modification of his sentence of deposition by the Rt. Rev. Charles E. Bennison, Jr., Bishop of Pennsylvania. The decision was made public Feb. 2.
Bishop Bennison was accused of failing to report allegations of sexual misconduct by his brother, John, who was working as a youth minister at the California parish where Bishop Bennison was rector in the 1970s, and then attempting to cover up the scandal. John Bennison has admitted to the misconduct and was deposed from the ordained ministry of The Episcopal Church in 2006.