{"id":75292,"date":"2018-11-18T15:20:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T20:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=75292"},"modified":"2018-11-18T17:30:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T22:30:23","slug":"observer-bullying-claims-at-oxford-medieval-fiefdom-take-toll-on-reformist-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=75292","title":{"rendered":"(Observer) Bullying claims at Oxford \u2018medieval fiefdom\u2019 take toll on reformist dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a quintessential institution of the establishment, producing 13 British prime ministers, 10 chancellors of the exchequer and 17 archbishops. Among its former students are King Edward VII, Albert Einstein, Lewis Carroll and WH Auden. One fictional alumnus, Lord Sebastian Flyte, came to personify its privileges in the pages of Evelyn Waugh\u2019s\u00a0<em>Brideshead Revisited<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But Christ Church, one of Oxford\u2019s most venerable colleges, was plunged into turmoil last week when\u00a0<a class=\"u-underline\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2018\/9-november\/news\/uk\/dean-of-oxford-martyn-percy-faces-removal-from-office\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">its dean was suspended from duties<\/a>\u00a0and barred from taking services at his own cathedral after being challenged under archaic and opaque rules.<\/p>\n<p>A formal complaint has been filed against the Very Rev Martyn Percy with the college\u2019s governing body. Few people know details of what is being alleged, or who is behind the move. Even Percy is largely in the dark, according to his friends.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint is believed to centre on issues of governance; no one is suggesting improper personal conduct. It will be heard by a tribunal, which could dismiss Percy. A date for a hearing is yet to be set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2018\/nov\/17\/oxford-bullying-claim-dean-christ-church?CMP=twt_gu\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oxford bullying claim casts a dark shadow among dreaming spires <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ceHwEZAgjl\">https:\/\/t.co\/ceHwEZAgjl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Guardian (@guardian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guardian\/status\/1063939929598758919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a quintessential institution of the establishment, producing 13 British prime ministers, 10 chancellors of the exchequer and 17 archbishops. Among its former students are King Edward VII, Albert Einstein, Lewis Carroll and WH Auden. One fictional alumnus, Lord<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=75292\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,111,199,168,114,435,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthropology","category-education","category-england-uk","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-law-legal-issues","category-ministry-of-the-ordained","category-religion-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75292"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75299,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75292\/revisions\/75299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}