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Bet 100 Shekels if you dig far enough into Mariann Budde you find apedo scandal. Episcopal Church appears to be a safe haven for defrocked Catholic Pedos

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Convicted Pedophile Episcopal Priest to Host Spiritual Retreats with Presiding Bishop's Blessing

News Analysis

By David W. Virtue

www.virtueonline.org

5/14/2008

A convicted and defrocked pedophile Episcopal priest is being allowed to conduct spiritual retreats - two of them in an Episcopal facility with the blessing of Mrs. Katharine Jefferts Schori, TEC's Presiding Bishop.

In an exchange of correspondence with David Clohessy, National Director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), Mrs. Jefferts Schori, through her Pastoral Development Officer Bishop F. Clayton Matthews, said thatMr. Lynn C. Baumanncould function as a spiritual retreat master on the understanding that "Mr. Baumann's contact (is) to adults only".

Baumann is scheduled to lead spiritual retreats at The House of Prayer in the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, later this month.

Clohessy said Bauman molested one youngster and several othersat a retreat center ironically titled "The Way of the Wolf Retreat Center" in Fredericksburg, Texas

MINNESOTA: A statement from the House of Prayer

A special board meeting was called in mid-March to review prior decisions and arrangements concerning long-time retreat facilitator Lynn Bauman's work with the House of Prayer. On March 15, 2007, the full board, including Bishop Jelinek, passed the following resolution:

"Resolved: Having listened carefully to concerns expressed by others, and supporting healing and reconciliation at all levels, and wanting to be as helpful to retreatants as possible, theBoard of Directors of the Episcopal House of Prayer, after prayerful consideration,ratifies previous decisions to permit Lynn Bauman to serve as a retreat facilitator at the Episcopal House of Prayer and reaffirms the Episcopal House of Prayer's relationship with Lynn Bauman as a retreat facilitator, subject to existing terms and conditions established for his participation in retreats, and subject to the further requirement that all who register for retreats with Lynn Bauman will be informed in writing of his background as part of the registration process."

The board's vote on this resolution was unanimous, the result of much listening and prayer.

While it is correct that Lynn Bauman is a registered sex offender, the event occurred more than a decade ago and Lynn Bauman has followed every requirement of his probation. He registers with the local law enforcement authorities whenever he comes to Minnesota. His retreats are for adults, he does not have any contact with children or youth, and he overnights with his brother, Ward, who serves as director of the House of Prayer.