More Turbulence?: Clerical Misconduct under the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003

• Autores: Rupert Bursell
• Localización: Ecclesiastical law journal, ISSN 0956-618X, Vol. 11, Nº. 2, 2009, págs. 154-168
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Details of complaints under the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 are beginning to come into the public domain. In particular, they raise questions as to the appropriate penalties to be imposed on a respondent, although even more worrying may be the anecdotal misunderstanding among some of the clergy about the moral behaviour expected of them. In addition, procedural questions remain that are not addressed in the written determinations. Such questions include the proper interest in making, and the motive behind, a complaint; the admissibility of hearsay evidence to support a complaint; and episcopal intervention and the bishop's role in reaching his decision.