tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post4444288124617807298..comments2023-12-25T23:40:17.701-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Carioca: South Carolina PostscriptDaniel Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980949721733826978noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-78713607530022137022007-03-24T10:03:00.000-04:002007-03-24T10:03:00.000-04:00I do believe an investigation is in order. Did so...I do believe an investigation is in order. Did some who opposed Mark issue consent in the wrong form so they could say they supported him but not in action? Was this a "way out" offered by the PB or others high in the church? Have other bishops received consents not in the correct format, but had the consents accepted?<BR/><BR/>Personally, I believe supporting members of the Diocese of South Carolina should file a civil lawsuit against the PB, with the goal of answering these questions via the process of legal disclosure.<BR/><BR/>This is not a scandal now. But if other Bishops received consents in the incorrect form, but were approved, the PB will have a scandal on her hands.<BR/><BR/>Second, I believe all parishes and dioceses who are disappointed, discouraged, or upset at this action, and believe it was handled in the wrong way, should voice their displeasure, and perhaps lack of confidence, in the PB with letters signed by the parish vestry (and if possible the rector) to the PB expressing this displeasure.<BR/><BR/>A bold diocese would call an emergency diocesan meeting to discuss and resolve this issue and other recent issues of concern. Now is not the time for cowardice. We have tried that path for, what, 30 years now. I has not worked yet, and we don't have another 30 years.<BR/><BR/>We have become King George's church again, but the monarch and the primate are one and the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-90719197830155769992007-03-19T09:32:00.000-04:002007-03-19T09:32:00.000-04:00It amazes me that so many who have actively oppose...It amazes me that so many who have actively opposed Mark now show up to express sympathy and offer such hollow praise (e.g., "who by all accounts is a decent and honorable man,etc." <BR/><BR/>I'm with you, Dan. Yes rules are good, but rules don't give life. I seem to remember hearing that somewhere before in the not so distant past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-87115709367422120512007-03-19T00:13:00.000-04:002007-03-19T00:13:00.000-04:001.) It was the responsibility of the Standing Comm...1.) It was the responsibility of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of South Carolina to receive, collate and forward the consents of Standing Committees. It appears the Standing Committee failed in its responsibilities, not the Presiding Bishop.<BR/><BR/>2.) The Presiding Bishop had already (and perhaps uncanonically) extended the 120 day deadline by a further three days.<BR/><BR/>3.) These rules have only been in place since 1799, when communications were far more difficult.<BR/><BR/>One feels sympathy for Fr. Lawrence - who seems, all told, a decent sort. One feels very little sympathy for the diocesan bureaucracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-75104659534039693222007-03-17T01:15:00.000-04:002007-03-17T01:15:00.000-04:00I wish the PB would disappear. Naïve, I know.I wish the PB would disappear. Naïve, I know.Miz Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14066791877622449156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-64966207475014015692007-03-16T20:44:00.000-04:002007-03-16T20:44:00.000-04:00It has been my experience when vacationing in Mexi...It has been my experience when vacationing in Mexico that most, if not all, taxi drivers speak better than passable English - <I>except</I> when it is not in their personal interest to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com