Under Authority : Report on Clergy DisciplineThis 1996 report examines the system of clergy discipline, outlines its perceived strengths and weaknesses, and makes a number of recommendations for a comprehensive change in the way that this difficult issue might be handled. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 | 7 |
Basic principles | 16 |
The role of the bishop | 30 |
Specific issues that need to be faced | 34 |
The scope of discipline | 48 |
The core structures | 56 |
The core procedures | 65 |
Ecclesiastical disciplinary penalties | 94 |
The financial implications of discipline | 104 |
Summary of recommendations | 110 |
Appendix A The Working Party | 116 |
Appendix B List of submissions | 118 |
Other changes needed to complement a new disciplinary system prepared by the Clergy Conditions of Service Steering Group | 120 |
Common terms and phrases
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