For those of you interested in keeping up with the saga of the sacking of Metropolitan Jonah by the Synod of Orthodox Church in America, the latest chapter is a letter from the synod explaining the reasons for its action. While there are general claims of maladministration, the central charge is that Jonah covered up a rape accusation against a priest he brought into the church.
Among the Jonahites, George Michalopulos, who blogs as Monomakhos, isn't buying. By contrast, Rod Dreher, who left the Catholic church when the scale of bishops' coverup of clerical sexual abuse became apparent, is prepared to believe the worst. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the OCA is cooperating with law enforcement in a criminal investigation.
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