Feb

26

OCA Acknowledges Alaska Crisis

February 26, 2008 | Comments Off

Date Published: 2/23/2008
Publication: OCA.org
OCA Chancellor issues statement regarding Diocese of Alaska

SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — Archpriest Alexander Garklavs, Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America, has released the following comment regarding the Diocese of Alaska.
“The OCA Chancery is receiving mail and e-mail from clergy of the Diocese of Alaska. There are indications that serious issues […]

Feb

12

Alaskan Sexual Harrassment Charges; Professor Calls On Bishops to Resign

February 12, 2008 | Comments Off

A sexual misconduct complaint had been made against a high ranking Orthodox official. This news has been reported in over fifty leading newspapers in recent days. According to one news report:
Paul Sidebottom, the former acting Dean of Students at St. Herman’s Seminary in Kodiak, Alaska, has filed a complaint with the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity […]

Feb

6

Terenty Dushkin Suspended After Tsunami of Public Outrage

February 6, 2008 | Comments Off

Date Published: 2/5/2008
Publication: OCA website
In an announcement today, February 5, 2008, the Orthodox Church of America announced that Bishop Nikolai of Alaska suspended Reader Terenty Dushkin, a convicted sex offender, some two weeks ago, on January 17th, 2008.
Dushkin, whose tonsuring as a Reader on December 9, 2007, provoked a media storm of outrage, was suspended […]

Feb

1

Rod Dreher: The treason of the bishops

February 1, 2008 | Comments Off

Rod Dreher, former Roman Catholic, now an Orthodox convert, posted an article on his blog which speaks very frankly about the current sex scandals within the Orthodox church.
First he gives some background:
Some readers are aware that the Orthodox Church in America, my church, is undergoing a huge scandal now centered on the hierarchy — especially […]

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