#AndrewCornes et al will potentially face a CDM, as the new #ClergyConductMeasure perhaps won’t become law till 2026.
#Makin #JohnSmyth
Cornes needs replacing on the #CrownNominationsCommission now. Abackup is needed for the appointment process for the next #ArchbishopofCanterbury
Thank you @ebenezer1954.bsky.social for this, suggesting #AndrewCornes has been stood down from the #CrownNominationsCommission
t.co/2u8Rfw12QT
As he’s not listed on the National Clergy Register, is it the case that he cannot
any longer be/is no longer
on the CNC?
#AndrewCornes #CrownNominationsCommission
As he’s not now listed on the @churchofengland.org National Clergy Register, is it the case that he cannot any longer be/is no longer on the CNC?
#AndrewCornes #CrownNominationsCommission
In 2021 @Graham1munro.bsky.social raised this re #JohnSmyth.
#AndrewCornes was one of those who knew.
Now, in 2025, believe it or not, Cornes is *still* a member of the central #CrownNominationsCommission, set to choose a successor to #JustinWelby (who resigned for so much less). #Makin #CofE
‘One of the many glories of the @churchofengland is her checks and balances'
Tim Edwards asks #synod 'Let us not make the system worse' and remove them
#CrownNominationsCommission
#GeneralSynod
'Trust has sadly been in short supply -this does not represent good process'
Aiden Hargreaves-Smith highlights basis for this and following #CrownNominationsCommission
proposals are flawed
#Synod 'rejected some elements of these proposals just a few years ago'
#GeneralSynod
'Standing order by standing order we created a dictatorship'
Esther Prior tells #synod tells of her experience in Mugabe's Zimbabwe & notes on #CrownNominationsCommission 'This is the result of bad process, not a failure to appoint'
#GeneralSynod
'We are in danger of bringing a sledge-hammer to crack the wrong nut' argues Ros Clarke
Looking at safeguarding issues is more urgent than changing or undermining democratic processes by which senior appointments are made
#CrownNominationsCommission
#synod #GeneralSynod
Speaking in a personal capacity @rihammond.bsky.social
says 'we haven’t got everything right yet' on #CrownNominationsCommission
He would welcome root & branch review of how we discern who is appropriate for episcopal ministry
#synod #GeneralSynod
