Not enough, Bishop! Keynote address is progress but falls badly short
It was gratifying to see how much the Bishop of Truro took to heart the views of Save The Parish Cornwall in his address to the DiocesanSynod on 28 May 2022. The campaign’s message against his draconian OnThe Way cost cutting programme was clearly heard. On The Way involves clergy redundancies which threaten the closure of historic churches, while millions are at the same time being poured into controversial ‘mission church’ programmes – known as Transforming Mission (sometimes in the same deanery). However, the speech by the Rt. Rev. Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of Truro - as well as other comments at the Synod by the Bishop of St Germans, the Rt. Rev. Hugh Nelson - still left much unsaid about the future of the priesthood in the diocese. Both proved the continuing need for the full, honest and transparent scrutiny of diocesan finances that the Save the Parish campaign has been calling for in Cornwall. STP is calling for full disclosure of the budgets and actual expenditure ...