The Acts of Convention

House of Deputies

The House of Deputies Committee on Safeguarding and Title IV presented its Report #36 on Resolution D064 (Amend Canon IV.14.12(a) and IV.14.12(b)) and moved adoption with amendment.

Original Text of Resolution:

(D064)

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Canon IV.14.12(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:

(a) In the case of any Accord or Order pertaining to a Priest or Deacon, the Bishop Diocesan shall give notice of the Accord or Order to every Member of the Clergy in the Diocese, each Vestry in the Diocese, the Secretary of Convention, and the Standing Committee of the Diocese, which shall be added to the official records of the Diocese; to the Presiding Bishop, to all other Bishops of the Church, and where there is no Bishop, to the Ecclesiastical Authority of each Diocese of the Church; to the President of the House of Deputies; to the Recorder of Ordinations; to the Office of Transition Ministry; the Archives; and to the Secretary of the House of Bishops and the Secretary of the House of Deputies.; and to the Office of Transition Ministry, which shall insert a notice of disciplinary action, and any changes noted thereto, on the Respondent’s OTM Portfolio.

And be it further

Resolved, That Canon IV.14.12(b) is hereby amended to read as follows:

(b) In the case of any Accord or Order pertaining to a Bishop, the Presiding Bishop shall give notice of the Accord or Order to the Ecclesiastical Authority of every Diocese of the Church, to the Recorder of Ordinations, to the Office of Transition Ministry, and to the Secretary of the House of Bishops, and to all Archbishops and Metropolitans, and to all Presiding Bishops of Churches in communion with this Church., and to the Office of Transition Ministry, which shall insert a notice of disciplinary action, and any changes noted thereto, on the Respondent’s OTM Portfolio.

Committee Amendment:

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Canon IV.14.12(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:

(a) In the case of any Accord or Order pertaining to a Priest or Deacon, the Bishop Diocesan shall give notice of the Accord or Order to every Member of the Clergy in the Diocese, each Vestry in the Diocese, the Secretary of Convention, and the Standing Committee of the Diocese, which shall be added to the official records of the Diocese; to the Presiding Bishop, to all other Bishops of the Church, and where there is no Bishop, to the Ecclesiastical Authority of each Diocese of the Church; to the President of the House of Deputies; to the Recorder of Ordinations; to the Office of Transition Ministry; the Archives; and to the Secretary of the House of Bishops and the Secretary of the House of Deputies.; and to the Office of Transition Ministry, which shall insert a copy of the notice of Accord or Order disciplinary action, and any changes noted thereto, on the Respondent’s OTM Portfolio.

And be it further

Resolved, That Canon IV.14.12(b) is hereby amended to read as follows:

(b) In the case of any Accord or Order pertaining to a Bishop, the Presiding Bishop shall give notice of the Accord or Order to the Ecclesiastical Authority of every Diocese of the Church, to the Recorder of Ordinations, to the Office of Transition Ministry, and to the Secretary of the House of Bishops, and to all Archbishops and Metropolitans, and to all Presiding Bishops of Churches in communion with this Church., and to the Office of Transition Ministry, which shall insert a copy of the notice of Order or Accord disciplinary action, and any changes noted thereto, on the Respondent’s OTM Portfolio.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted with amendment

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #314)