Formal Complaint Filed Against Milwaukee Bishop
11/29/2006

The ecclesiastical trial against the Rev. Martha Ann Englert, rector of Grace Church, Madison, Wis., is scheduled to resume Saturday at Good Shepherd Church, Sun Prairie, Wis. Ms. Englert is accused of making inappropriate remarks and disclosures about her parishioners.

A formal complaint also has been filed against the Rt. Rev. Steven A. Miller, Bishop of Milwaukee. The complainants allege that Bishop Miller mishandled the formal complaint against Ms. Englert and prejudiced the diocesan review committee against her.

The complaint against the bishop appears to have met the number of signatories stipulated by the Canons of the General Convention. Notarized signatures were received from 14 lay Episcopalians and two clergy in June and the complaint was filed with Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold. The Presiding Bishop and others involved in the ecclesiastical process are prevented canonically from commenting publicly on any aspect of a complaint until after a decision on whether to go to trial has been reached by the review committee. In some cases this can be more than 18 months after the complaint is filed.

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