The Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) found that there was sufficient evidence to convict one of its bishops, Anne Dyer, at its Clergy Discipline Tribunal on a charge of having bullied, harassed and discriminated against a disabled person, amongst other charges. However, the SEC ended its disciplinary process against Anne Dyer before a tribunal hearing could take place and went on to unsuspend her.
It appears to have worked to help shield one of the most senior people in the SEC from allegations of very serious abuse without otherwise addressing them. That is unacceptable, dangerous and contrary to the SEC’s own safeguarding rules.
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The Scottish Episcopal Church commissioned the eminent Professor Sir Iain Torrance, a retired minister and current pro-chancellor at the University of Aberdeen, to investigate allegations of misconduct against Anne Dyer. Torrance examined a limited number of the allegations and was sufficiently convinced of their merit that he found that Dyer should “be immediately granted a…
The Scottish Episcopal Church had charged Anne Dyer with multiple offences, including of having bullied, harassed and discriminated against a disabled adult. The SEC found that there was a “legal sufficiency” of evidence to support these charges and that there was a “realistic prospect” of convicting Dyer of them at trial. However, despite these findings,…