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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One of the remaining trustees of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney, Vittoria Hancock, has resigned in the wake of Anne Dyer’s fraught return to work following multiple allegations of serious misconduct. The Scottish Episcopal Church’s safeguarding policy stipulates that clergy accused of abuse can only be returned to work after the truth of the…
Anne Dyer is scheduled to officiate over a service to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Scottish Episcopal Church’s first ordination of women priests on 17 December. She is also reported to have been officiating at an SEC church. Dyer has been allowed to return irrespective of the SEC’s senior lawyer finding that there was…
The Scottish Episcopal Church chose to unsuspend “bully bishop” Anne Dyer in October 2024. It did so despite its own senior lawyer, who had been tasked with assessing allegations against Dyer, finding that there was sufficient evidence to convict her of having bullied, harassed and discriminated against a disabled person. The allegations against Dyer were…
Anne Dyer failed to seek collective agreement from her fellow trustees, or even consult them, before acting on behalf of the Diocese, a registered charity. This included when she unilaterally conducted an unlawful redundancy process to remove the disabled victim she had been bullying and discriminating against from her post. Dyer was a so-called “dominant…
Anne Dyer continues to cling on to her post despite the Scottish Episcopal Church’s Procurator, Paul Reid KC, having determined that there is sufficient evidence to convict her of abuse, including of a disabled person. Four of the five other members of the College of Bishops indicated that they had lost confidence in Dyer following…
The Scottish Episcopal Church’s Procurator, a senior lawyer, found that there was a “legal sufficiency” of evidence to convict Anne Dyer of having bullied, harassed and discriminated against a disabled person before going on to make her redundant unlawfully. Dyer’s spokesman, Alex Barr of The BIG Partnership, has since stated on her behalf that, “[i]t is…