Clergy and mental health - Cornish letters in today's Church Times
Two excellent letters in today's Church Times - following up Dr James Oliver's reflections on mental health and clergy cuts on 12 August 2022 in the paper. Dr Oliver lives in Mullion, on the Lizard peninsular. This is part of Kerrier Deanery which - if the Diocese of Truro's On The Way cost cutting plans go through - will be left with just two stipendiary clergy covering an area from the Lizard to Germoe. The plan to create a giant benefice from 23 churches was voted through by the narrowest of margins. At the meeting of the Kerrier Deanery Synod on 23rd September 2022, at which the Deanery Plan was presented for approval, the secret ballot as recorded in the Minutes was: For the Plan: 14 Against: 11 Abstentions: 3 Click here to read today's letters. Click here to read Kerrier Deanery On The Way Plan.