Thinking Anglicans

Ripon controversy ends

on Friday, 29 April 2005 at 12.26 pm by Simon Sarmiento
categorised as Church of England

The problems reported earlier (Dean of Ripon suspended and more on Ripon) have been resolved without going to a public ecclesiastical trial.

The Church Times has: Charges dropped as Dean agrees to quit Ripon.
The diocesan press release is here.

The Yorkshire Post carried two stories by Michael Brown
‘Autocratic’ Dean quits over wine and women
Wine, women and evensong: Claims that rocked cathedral

The picture from the Yorkshire Post is captioned:

Requiem: Dean Methuen pictured at the High Altar at Ripon Cathedral, reading from the mid-13th century Latin Bible during a requiem Mass similar to the funeral service of Richard III in 1485 – part of a Richard III symposium held at the cathedral in 2002.