{"id":131842,"date":"2024-10-10T18:56:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T22:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131842"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:57:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T22:57:27","slug":"church-times-disciplinary-proceedings-against-bishop-of-aberdeen-orkney-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131842","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Disciplinary\u00a0proceedings against Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Disciplinary proceedings against the Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Rt Revd Anne Dyer, have been dropped, even though the\u00a0Scottish Episcopal Church\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Procurator said that there had been a \u201crealistic prospect of conviction\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a \u201cnote of reasons\u201d, published on Tuesday evening, the Procurator, Paul Reid KC, wrote that proceeding with the prosecution was not in the public interest. The allegations, he wrote, were of \u201cbullying<\/a> and the abuse of a position of trust and responsibility\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alleged behaviour \u201cis said to have caused [the complainants] harm\u201d, he said, and this was one factor \u201cin favour of a prosecution being in the public interest\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Procurator is formally independent of the Church, and is responsible for deciding whether a case proceeds to tribunal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read it all<\/a> (registration or subscription).<\/p><\/p>

Disciplinary proceedings against the Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Rt Revd Anne Dyer, have been dropped, even though the Scottish Episcopal Church\u2019s Procurator said that there had been a \u201crealistic prospect of conviction\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/Uq7oFZGTZM<\/a><\/p>— Church Times (@ChurchTimes) October 9, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>