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SPRINGFIELD: Episcopal HofD President Bonnie Anderson to Stir Up Trouble In Swing Diocese
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
July 14, 2010
In legal terms, it is called tortious interference. In the common law of tort, it occurs when a person intentionally damages the plaintiff's contractual or other business relationships. When it comes to the Diocese of Springfield, it ought to be called torturous interference. In this case, when Bonnie Anderson, the ultra-liberal President of the House of Deputies, is making an unwanted appearance into a diocese’s internal affairs so she can influence the diocese into electing a liberal candidate for bishop to replace recently retired, orthodox and godly Bishop Peter Beckwith.
Her presentation, “The Ministry of All the Baptized” is designed to strengthen the ministry of lay people and clergy throughout southeastern Illinois, according to the PR (fluff) handout out from the diocese. In point of fact, it is designed solely to politically arm twist fence sitting laity to vote for a liberal bishop so the national church can make sure this diocese doesn’t do a bunk and head out the door like the dioceses of Quincy, Ft. Worth, Pittsburgh and San Joaquin have done.
One local liberal blogger let it slip that there are still places in the church where inviting the president of the house of deputies is seen as a "provocative" act. He doesn’t know the half of it.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
July 14, 2010
In legal terms, it is called tortious interference. In the common law of tort, it occurs when a person intentionally damages the plaintiff's contractual or other business relationships. When it comes to the Diocese of Springfield, it ought to be called torturous interference. In this case, when Bonnie Anderson, the ultra-liberal President of the House of Deputies, is making an unwanted appearance into a diocese’s internal affairs so she can influence the diocese into electing a liberal candidate for bishop to replace recently retired, orthodox and godly Bishop Peter Beckwith.Her presentation, “The Ministry of All the Baptized” is designed to strengthen the ministry of lay people and clergy throughout southeastern Illinois, according to the PR (fluff) handout out from the diocese. In point of fact, it is designed solely to politically arm twist fence sitting laity to vote for a liberal bishop so the national church can make sure this diocese doesn’t do a bunk and head out the door like the dioceses of Quincy, Ft. Worth, Pittsburgh and San Joaquin have done.
One local liberal blogger let it slip that there are still places in the church where inviting the president of the house of deputies is seen as a "provocative" act. He doesn’t know the half of it.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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