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One of the remaining trustees of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney, Vittoria Hancock, has resigned in the wake of Anne Dyer’s fraught return to work following multiple allegations of serious misconduct. The Scottish Episcopal Church’s safeguarding policy stipulates that clergy accused of abuse can only be returned to work after the truth of the…

Anne Dyer is scheduled to officiate over a service to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Scottish Episcopal Church’s first ordination of women priests on 17 December. She is also reported to have been officiating at an SEC church. Dyer has been allowed to return irrespective of the SEC’s senior lawyer finding that there was…

The Scottish Episcopal Church chose to unsuspend “bully bishop” Anne Dyer in October 2024. It did so despite its own senior lawyer, who had been tasked with assessing allegations against Dyer, finding that there was sufficient evidence to convict her of having bullied, harassed and discriminated against a disabled person. The allegations against Dyer were…