Wales: Will they learn?

Posted on August 22, 2025 
Filed under Anglican Communion, Opinion, Wales

Commentary from Anglican Futures –

“ ‘Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn.’ So, says Charles Dicken’s character, Daniel Doyce.

The Church in Wales has been beset by problems for many years.

In 2008, the Bishop of St David’s stepped down after leaving his wife amid speculation about ‘a scandalous’ relationship with a married member of his staff.

In 2021, after the Rt Revd Richard Pain resigned, an Independent Review into the Diocese of Monmouth found, ‘a culture of entitlement’ and that several witnesses commented on,‘[T]he prevalence of swearing and an excessive intake of alcohol among bishops and senior clergy.’

In 2022 …”

– Read it all at Anglican Futures.

Archival image from The Church in Wales website.