“Their power is such that deanery synod or parish views might just not exist”
As controversial ‘On The Way’ restructuring plans in the Diocese of Truro attract national headlines, some deaneries are questioning the apparently unaccountable actions of the ‘Deanery Implementation Teams'. Yes, shades of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four here. ( Click this link to read more thoughts about the Church of England's current 'manager-speak' .) 'Deanery Implementation Team' (DIT) is the name that the Diocese has given to the groups of people in each deanery who will be taking the next steps – unless challenged – in the On The Way plans under the leadership of the Rural Dean and the Diocesan Director for Change and Renewal, Ruth Marriott . In Kerrier in west Cornwall, churchgoers report that the Deanery Implementation Team (DIT) seems to be acting without due consultation. In Penwith - a deanery stretching from Hayle all the way to Land's End - a cleric said of the DIT, led by the forceful vicar of St Ives, Rev Nick Widdows: “Their