The United Church of Canada is denying reports that a hearing scheduled to determine whether an atheist minister should be defrocked has been postponed.
The Rev. Gretta Vosper, head of West Hill United Church of Toronto, Ontario, is undergoing an investigation into the effectiveness of her ministry, as she is a professed atheist.
The Star, a Toronto-based newspaper, reported in November that the hearing that could lead to Vosper being put on the Church’s Discontinued Service List (Disciplinary) had been “postponed indefinitely.”
“The hearing on whether Gretta Vosper is suitable for the ministry — scheduled months ago — was to have taken place [in November 2017],” reported the Star.
“However, Vosper, who is the minister at West Hill United Church in Toronto’s east end, recently received a letter informing her of the delay … [Vosper] said the Church offered no reason in its letter for the delay, nor did it indicate when the hearing before a judicial committee might now take place.”
The Rev. Alan Hall, spokesperson for the UCC, told The Christian Post in an interview Tuesday that the formal hearing had not been…
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