[Magdalen] Come be our bishop!

[Scott Knitter]

Yes. His consecration in Atlanta was stopped eight days before it was to
occur. Consents were withdrawn due to his lack of disclosure of some things
he should have reported that wouldn't show up on a background check. But he
was still a priest in good standing and hadn't been accused of any
violations of church law, and the bishop of Virginia made a point of saying
he'd make a fine interim.

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 6:59 PM Allan Carr via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Is this the same Rev Robert G Trache (Father Bob) that is the subject of
> the following laudatory biography in 2019
> http://www.stpetersmorristown.org/trache?
> Since 2002, he was married to Reverend Eliza Ragsdale, (Mother Eliza).
> https://m.facebook.com/Reverendliza.ragsdale
>
> It seems Father Bob and Mother Eliza went on with their lives  and
> continued their distinguished careers.
>
> In addition, what was the resolution of his 5 million dollar suit against
> the Episcopal Church?
>
> Just curious.
> (yeah, I know about the cat)
> Allan Carr
>
>
> > On Dec 10, 2019, at 5:39 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Bob Trache was rector of a large parish here in Virginia at the time. I
> remember being with his assistant at a meeting when she got the call; it
> was just 6 weeks before his scheduled consecration. I’ve never seen anyone
> turn so pale so fast.
> >
> > What we knew initially was that, just before he moved to Atlanta, he had
> informed his wife that she wasn’t coming with him, that there was another
> woman. Later we learned about some of the financial irregularities. He was
> a brilliant and gifted priest—I don’t know how he thought he could get away
> with it.
> >
> >
> >> On Dec 10, 2019, at 8:32 AM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> That’s what happened in Atlanta with Bob Trache, except that he was
> elected before his untruthfulness came out.  The Standing Committee had to
> ask dioceses to retract their assents.
> >>
> >> Jim Handsfield
> >>
> >>>> On Dec 10, 2019, at 8:26 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I was a voting delegate in the Michigan convention that elected
> +Wendell
> >>> Gibbs ages ago, and he's just retiring. The onetime front runner in
> that
> >>> election crashed and burned when unfortunate personal financial
> dealings
> >>> came to light. I think that happened after the election...many felt we
> had
> >>> dodged a bullet or indeed had been divinely guided (more like). I
> turned
> >>> pages for the cathedral organist, the excellent Jeremy David Tarrant,
> who's
> >>> still there!
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 10:16 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> >>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Yes, indeed.  I was a voting delegate at Eau Claire when +Wantland was
> >>>> elected.  The secondcandidate in terms of votes was the rector of my
> parish
> >>>> who was seated right next to me.I wasn't voting for the rector.
> >>>>
> >>>> David Strang.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> In a message dated 12/9/2019 8:31:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >>>> fleenerj at gmail.com writes:his
> >>>>
> >>>> I think bishop elections are an exciting time in a diocese.
> >>>>
> >>> --
> >>> Scott R. Knitter
> >>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >>
>


-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA