[Magdalen] Faculty Strike at General Theological Seminary

[Christopher Hart]

Ah, but the General Seminary is different from all others in that it is an
official institution of the church.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well no, I may be wrong, but I don't think the Presiding Bishop has
> anything to say about the governance of the seminaries; they are all
> independent. Heck, we even have one where the official position of the
> Board of Trustees is in opposition to the ordination of women, and they go
> merrily on their way.
>
> But I don't think the trustees answer to anyone but their alums...  And
> God, of course.
>
> > On Sep 27, 2014, at 5:29 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 27/09/2014 20:45, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> >> Can't comment, since I know nothing about the situation. However, I can
> only believe that things must be very bad for this action to be taken.
> >
> > I agree that something is badly wrong and that it seems from the letter
> as if "the proper channels" have failed to resolve the issue.  The Trustees
> will obviously have dealings mostly with the Dean and Principal so their
> independence must be questioned.  I assume that GTS is answerable to
> somebody outside their management structures, possibly the Presiding
> Bishop, in order for it to be recognized as an appropriate training
> institution for TEC ordinands.
> >
> > This side of the pond we would call that person the Visitor but
> essentially they are the Ordinary with rights of performing an official
> Visitation to investigate any significant issues and to direct what should
> happen.  For the sake of the student body currently training at GTS I would
> suggest urgent action is needed, and that is best instigated by the person
> or body which credentials GTS.
> >
> > Roger
>



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