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Bishop as to whether:- - you have a proper right to make a complaint (see Section B), - your complaint would be a disciplinary matter if found to be true. The Registrar will contact you if the information you submit is not clear. On receiving the Registrar’s report, the Bishop will decide whether to deal with your complaint formally
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whether the person bringing the complaint is eligible to do so, and whether the alleged misconduct is sufficiently serious to warrant disciplinary proceedings under the Measure. Upon receipt of that written report, the Bishop will decide whether or not to dismiss the complaint. Where the Bishop does not
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Care and support: bishop is chief pastor of all within the diocese 97 What can the bishop do on receipt of the registrar’s report? 103 Dismissal by the bishop of a complaint under section 11(3) 104 Complainant’s right to request a review of a dismissal under s11(3) 107 The respondent’s answer to the complaint 110
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4 A complaint will normally be passed to, or received by, an Archdeacon. Whilst steps one and two would normally be conducted by an Archdeacon, consideration could also be given to using the skills of an Area Dean or an appropriate member of Senior Staff to undertake these steps, and to report back to the Archdeacon for a decision at Step Three based on what has been identified from the ...
Normally, the regional bishop will handle complaints about priests, conflicts between priests, and conflicts between priests and parishioners when they pertain to pastoral matters within the parish. The vicar for clergy will forward complaints to the appropriate regional bishop, notifying the person who submitted the complaint that this has been done.
Commencing a clergy discipline complaint. 2. A complaint must be made in writing to the diocesan bishop or the relevant archbishop. The diocesan registrar (legal adviser to the diocese) then advises on whether the complaint is of “sufficient substance” and whether the person making the complaint has a proper interest to bring the complaint.
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that may call into question whether a bishop is fit for office or fit to remain in Holy Orders. Whether or not a specific canon governs the investigation and resolution of a complaint may depend on whether the canon has been adopted and not excluded by the diocese with which the Bishop has a relevant connection. The Offences Canon 1962