Rowan Williams warns of urgent issues raised by protests as 3rd St Pauls clergyman resigns

[LeftishBrit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8860136/Rowan-Williams-warns-of-urgent-issues-raised-by-protests-as-third-St-Pauls-clergyman-resigns.html


...Speaking publicly about the crisis for the first time, Dr Williams added: "The urgent larger issues raised by the protesters at St Paul's remain very much on the table and we need – as a Church and as society as a whole – to work to make sure that they are properly addressed."

Dean Knowles, the most senior dean in the country, said the cathedral clergy had been put “under a great deal of strain” as they faced what he described as “insurmountable issues” and that his position had become “untenable”.

The announcement comes just days after Dr Fraser stepped down from his post, warning that to evict the anti-capitalist activists would constitute “violence in the name of the Church”.

A part time chaplain, Rev Fraser Dyer, has also resigned citing similar concerns. ..


(Not a fan of the Torygraph; but this is one of the most detailed accounts that I could find.)

[aquart]

1. Wow.

[xchrom]

2. Recommend

[rug]

3. Time to put up or shut up.

“And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all of them who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.”
— Matthew 21:12-13

Good for him. There should be no more hesitation as to what is the right thing to do.

[Ian David]

4. Again, with the "anti-capitalist" meme. n/t