Top down not bottom up: Cornish Bishops' interference in On The Way planning
As the Bishops continue to push through unpopular On The Way plans, Save The Parish Cornwall is gathering together evidence of the lack of proper consulation and - very importantly - interference in the planning on deanery level. This evidence conclusively shows that these plans were not 'bottom up - emanating from ideas within the deaneries, as both Cornish Bishops repeatedly suggest. They were instead 'top down', with the Bishop of St Germans, the Rt Rev Hugh Nelson, micromanaging at every stage with the Episcopal College. The plans developed according to his directives. In Carnmarth North this was particularly evident. Click here to read the December 2021 update by the deanery lay chair where Bishop Hugh says that the plan is for On The Way and Transforming Mission are going to be merged: "Caspar Bush (rural dean) then reported back on discussions the Steering Group had had with Bishop Hugh earlier in the day . These concerned two what he called ‘elephants in the