Jan

25

Earth to Bishop Nikolai, Earth to Fr. Isidore, Do You Read Us?

January 25, 2008 | Comments Off

By Paul Cromidas
A January 10th story in the Anchorage Daily News tells of the installation by Bishop Nikolai of a convicted sex offender as a lay reader in the Orthodox Church in Alaska. Judging from the comments attributed to the Chancellor of the Alaska diocese, Fr. Isidore, this action appears to be in flagrant disregard […]

Jan

10

Church gives sex offender a role in step toward the priesthood

January 10, 2008 | Comments Off

Author: Beth Bragg
Date Published: 1/10/2008
Publication: Anchorage Daily News
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX: Criticism unwarranted in view of crime’s circumstances, chancellor says.
By BETH BRAGG | bbragg@adn.com
A registered sex offender who served more than a year in prison for sexually abusing minors is wearing robes that signal he has taken a first step toward priesthood in the Russian […]

Jan

9

Researchers miss cause of abuse

January 9, 2008 | Comments Off

Andrew Greeley, a Roman Catholic priest who arguably was “the first priest in America to write about the problem in the priesthood in 1986″ wrote an article late last year which asserted that power — not homosexuality or celibacy in the priesthood — but power and the abuse of the weak (of whatever age) is […]

Jan

8

Greek Orthodox Church defrocks former priest in Far North Dallas

January 8, 2008 | Comments Off

Date Published: 1/08/2008Publication: The Dallas News
Greek Orthodox Church defrocks former priest in Far North Dallas
From staff reports

The Greek Orthodox Church has defrocked Nicholas Katinas, former priest at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Far North Dallas. Mr. Katinas was permanently suspended from priestly activities in 2006, after an investigation by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of […]

Jan

4

Our moral obligations

January 4, 2008 | Comments Off

Date Published: 1/04/2008
Publication: The National Herald
Now that we’ve entered the year 2008, we should also take some time to reflect on our community’s experiences of the previous year and, as a community, examine our morality and moral obligations to our fellow man, and to society at large.
One of the most troubling events to strike our […]

Jan

4

A Place to Start on Misconduct Reform

January 4, 2008 | Comments Off

(Editor’s Note: this article also appeared in this weekend’s edition of The National Herald.)
By Paul Cromidas
In its most recent edition of the Orthodox Observer, its official paper, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA), announced that three priests had been “Returned to Status of Layman” (translation: defrocked).
As usual, there were no reasons given for these […]

Jan

3

OrthodoxReform.org: Audience and Demographics

January 3, 2008 | Comments Off

Orthodox Reform’s statistics of web site visitors show the growing awareness of sexual misconduct issues within the Orthodox Church.
In 2007, OrthodoxReform.org had 51,862 visits from 17,789 different visitors. These visitors viewed 155,827 pages, and read an average of 3 articles each time they visited our web site. This does not include emailed articles and printouts […]

Jan

3

Update On The Lawsuit Against the Metropolis of San Francisco and Fr. Michael Rymer

January 3, 2008 | Comments Off

Pokrov.org comments that — contrary to National Herald reports — the civil lawsuit against the Metropolis of San Francisco and Fr. Michael Rymer (a former Archimandrite) over sexual misconduct claims has not been settled out-of-court.
Pokrov went to the electronic information center for the Superior Court of San Francisco (the link can be found by going […]

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