{"id":43833,"date":"2021-09-04T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T04:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/calls-for-scotlands-first-female-bishop-to-be-removed-after-a-report-claims-culture-of-systematic-dysfunction-and-bullying\/"},"modified":"2021-09-04T00:00:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T04:00:01","slug":"calls-for-scotlands-first-female-bishop-to-be-removed-after-a-report-claims-culture-of-systematic-dysfunction-and-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/calls-for-scotlands-first-female-bishop-to-be-removed-after-a-report-claims-culture-of-systematic-dysfunction-and-bullying\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls for Scotland’s first female Bishop to be removed after a report claims culture of ‘systematic dysfunction’ and ‘bullying’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The review was commissioned by the SEC College of Bishops following a number of church employees and priests raising concerns of discontent claiming that the Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, the Right Rev Anne Dyer, had made their working lives unbearable. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The report by former moderator of the Church of Scotland, Professor Iain Torrance, 72, was due to be published following completion but this action has failed and a petition has now been launched to reveal the findings. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The petition on change.org claims that by refusing to release the report as promised the Episcopalian church has \u201cbreached the terms on which participants agreed to offer confidential testimony to the review.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Almost 500 signatures have been secured arguing that the SEC college of Bishops must \u201chonour their own commitment\u201d. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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As reported by The Times the report states that Rev Dyer, 64, who was appointed in 2018 directly by the College of Bishops led by Bishop Mark Strange, should \u201cstep back permanently from the diocese.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Prof Torrance wrote: \u201cI cannot recommend the continuation of a tenure in which I fear that more people will be made to feel diminished and discouraged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n