Save The Parish - Cornwall

Click here to read an Open Letter from Save the Parish Cornwall to the Bishop's Diocesan Council. Cornwall’s acting Bishop of Truro, the Rt Rev Hugh Nelson, has responded aggressively to Save The Parish Cornwall’s request for a moratorium on his controversial On The Way plans.  This request was based on a dossier of contributions from people across Cornwall, reacting to the plans. Bishop Hugh put the dossier and moratorium call to the Bishop’s Diocesan Council (BDC) on 17 October 2023.  The BDC robustly rejected the proposal, he reported back to Save The Parish Cornwall. He subsequently posted a confrontational statement to this effect across the Diocese of Truro’s social media outlets on 30 October 2023. Save The Parish Cornwall questions why the BDC’s decision is not recorded in a report from the BDC to the Diocesan Synod on 18 November 2023, its omission being highly irregular, given the significance of the representations in the dossier. We also question whether the a