| Resolution Number: | 2018-A123 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon IV.3.1 [Cause for Proceedings] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Canon IV.3.1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. A Member of the Clergy shall be subject to proceedings under this Title for:
(a) knowingly violating or attempting to violate, directly or through the acts of another person, the Constitution or Canons of the Church or of any Diocese;
(b) failing without good cause to cooperate with any investigation or proceeding conducted under authority of this Title;
or(c) intentionally and maliciously bringing a false accusation or knowingly providing false testimony or false evidence in any investigation or proceeding under this Title; or
(d) intentionally misrepresenting or omitting any material fact in applying for admission to Postulancy, for admission to Candidacy, for ordination as a Deacon or Priest, for reception from another Church as a Deacon or Priest, or for nomination or appointment as a Bishop.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 1149. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Safeguarding and Title IV |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Safeguarding and Title IV presented its Report #34 on Resolution A123 (Amend Canon IV.3.1 - Addressing Misrepresentation in Ordination Process and Clarify Sexual Misconduct) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A123)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Canon IV.3.1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. A Member of the Clergy shall be subject to proceedings under this Title for:
(a) knowingly violating or attempting to violate, directly or through the acts of another person, the Constitution or Canons of the Church or of any Diocese;
(b) failing without good cause to cooperate with any investigation or proceeding conducted under authority of this Title;
or(c) intentionally and maliciously bringing a false accusation or knowingly providing false testimony or false evidence in any investigation or proceeding under this Title; or
(d) intentionally misrepresenting or omitting any material fact in applying for admission to Postulancy, for admission to Candidacy, for ordination as a Deacon or Priest, for reception from another Church as a Deacon or Priest, or for nomination or appointment as a Bishop.
A vote was taken on resolution A123.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #363)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Safeguarding and Title IV presented its Report #34 on HD Message #363 on Resolution A123 (Amend Canon IV.3.1 - Addressing Misrepresentation in Ordination Process and Clarify Sexual Misconduct) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #453)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 13.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution & Canons, Reports to the 79th General Convention, 2018, pp. 369-462. |
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| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention amends Canon IV.3.1 to add misrepresentation of material facts during the ordination process to the general categories of misconduct that can give rise to a Title IV proceeding. |
| Notes: | Resolutions 2018-A123 and 2018-D076 both added a subsection (d) to IV.3.1. The text of this resolution was assigned subsection cite (d) and D076 was designated subsection (e) in the 2018 Constitution and Canons. |