| Resolution Number: | 2018-D033 |
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| Title: | Refer a Resolution on a Church-wide Intake Officer |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Referred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention amend Title IV, Canon 2 to add the definition of “Churchwide Intake Officer” as follows:
Churchwide Intake Officer. One or more Intake Officer(s) appointed by the President of the House of Deputies and confirmed by lay and clergy members of Executive Council to serve as churchwide Intake Officers as set forth in Title IV, Canon 6.11.
And be it further
Resolved, That Title IV be amended to add new Title IV, Canon 6.11 to read as follows:
Sec. 11. If any Complainant or Injured Person has a concern that there may be a conflict of interest, or other factor which might reasonably impair the fair and objective consideration of their claim, between the Intake Officer in the diocese where the claim would be filed (or all dioceses where the claim could be properly brought) and the Bishop of that diocese and/or the President of the Disciplinary Board, the Complainant or Injured Person may bring the matter to the Churchwide Intake Officer described in Title IV, Canon 2, for the remainder of that case. The expenses of that Intake Officer will be borne by the diocese in which the claim is being brought.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 537. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rev. Dr. Molly James |
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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 #37 on Resolution D033 (Amend Canons IV.2 and IV.6 - Churchwide Intake Officer) and moved to refer the resolution to the Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution and Canons.
Original Text of Resolution:
(D033)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 79th General Convention amend Title IV, Canon 2 to add the definition of “Churchwide Intake Officer” as follows:
Churchwide Intake Officer. One or more Intake Officer(s) appointed by the President of the House of Deputies and confirmed by lay and clergy members of Executive Council to serve as churchwide Intake Officers as set forth in Title IV, Canon 6.11.
And be it further
Resolved, That Title IV be amended to add new Title IV, Canon 6.11 to read as follows:
Sec. 11. If any Complainant or Injured Person has a concern that there may be a conflict of interest, or other factor which might reasonably impair the fair and objective consideration of their claim, between the Intake Officer in the diocese where the claim would be filed (or all dioceses where the claim could be properly brought) and the Bishop of that diocese and/or the President of the Disciplinary Board, the Complainant or Injured Person may bring the matter to the Churchwide Intake Officer described in Title IV, Canon 2, for the remainder of that case. The expenses of that Intake Officer will be borne by the diocese in which the claim is being brought.
Motion carried
Resolution referred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #313)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Safeguarding and Title IV presented its Report #25 on HD Message #313 on Resolution D033 (Amend Canons IV.2 and IV.6 - Churchwide Intake Officer) and moved concurrence with referral to an interim body.
Motion carried
The House concurred
Resolution referred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #345)
Resolution Referred to a Standing Commission by Both Houses.
| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention refers a resolution to an interim body amending Canons IV.2 and IV.6 to establish a church-wide Intake Officer for complaints of clergy misconduct. |
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