WITNESS [Pastor Glende]:  Can you repeat the question? A:   You’re asking me a yes or no to — I can’t agree with -­-.

We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. After a long ordeal involving the Circuit Pastor, District President, and even the Synod President, Pastor Skorzewski finally resigned.

Is that inappropriate behavior? You can check these in your browser security settings. Surely the sermon preached in Texas is not from a Lutheran Pastor – he must be reformed or Baptist. In congregational meetings at both St. Peter & The CORE, Skorzewski then advised the congregation that they should move on without him. Click on the different category headings to find out more. Jonathan believed that as a Christian husband he had a duty to try to defend his wife, and that St. Peter & The CORE’s constitution and bylaws could not overrule his moral obligations. You can check these in your browser security settings. A:   Do I believe it was sexual harassment? Waukesha, WI 53188-1108. Having received comments regarding Skorzewski’s potential CRM status from other WELS pastors, District President Engelbrecht then also sought comments specifically from the membership of St. Peter & The CORE, which had been Skorzewski’s congregation before he resigned. Item also available for local pickup. If not how could he possibly be admitted back into the public ministry? Phone: 414-256-3200 Learn about the many aspects of WELS ministry work. Q:   Wouldn’t you be upset if you believed your wife was the victim of sexual harassment by a pastor and they were discussing that at a meeting? (“Around the Council Table,” November 2013 church newsletter). The issue has absolutely been resolved, and for some reason Mr. Donnan refuses to come to grips with that. For two hours of the meeting Jonathan sat there.

Attorney Maurer questioning Pastor Glende: Q:   Okay, you testified earlier that the issue in the past had been resolved back in January, correct? Below is just one example. Charles Heup, Good Shepherd, Plymouth, Wis., discovered he had Cystic Fibrosis (CF) when he was in college.

We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. By accepting this message, you consent to our cookies on this device in accordance with our cookie policy found in the WELS Privacy Policy, unless you have disabled them. In order for a behavior to be harassment, it has to serve no legitimate purpose. The WELS subscribes to the Lutheran Reformation teaching of Sola scriptura—"by Scripture alone." Nonetheless, the court ruled that Pastor Glende’s case had no merit, and dismissed his case. All Rights Reserved. Q:   Your superiors told you, let’s have a meeting with the congregation on this to let everyone know what happened, and it’s your position you didn’t want him and his wife to be there? Q:   So you don’t believe there was any merit to the factual allegations of harassment? Glende had nothing. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Attorney Maurer further questioning Pastor Glende: Q:   Do you believe there was any merit to the allegations against the pastor?

Our district president said it was appropriate, at this time, to set it out. He doesn’t have status to be a pastor.

A:   Pastor Ski resigned and is not currently a pastor. Isn’t it a fact that part of the purpose of this meeting was some specific members of the congregation wanted to reinstate the pastor to his previous position, correct? What’s wrong with a person attacking on how you handled the situation of allegations of sexual harassment by one of your pastors? Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. “I look at it not so much as an insurance policy, as much as it is a way for us to show our concern and compassion and support for each other.”. This way, congregations and other WELS/ELS calling bodies will not be charged more if a pastor or teacher becomes ill. Stone Ridge Drive

If you are a Pastor, you can probably identify with this and think: “Yes, been there, done that”. THE COURT:  The objection is overruled, he can answer.

We will continue to pray for Ski, his family, and his reinstatement. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. However, Skorzewski almost immediately requested CRM status. So a WELS pastor resigned, for cause, because of sin, but before he left for his new call at another congregation, his former congregation threw him a farewell party. Heup says, “Every time my doctor says we need something, we submit it to WELS VEBA and VEBA has covered everything that we’ve needed to do, including the new medication. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. That happened in the middle of April. Yes.

Q:   I’m asking you if you personally believe there was any merit to the factual allegations of harassment raised by Jonathan’s wife against the pastor?

N16W23377 Stone Ridge Drive This time, the Northern Wisconsin District granted Skorzewski CRM status (under the condition that he not be a pastor in the Northern Wisconsin District), and almost immediately Skorzewski received a call to serve as a WELS pastor in Texas. Does writing a letter to the men (WELS pastors) who would help decide Skorzewski’s CRM status serve no legitimate purpose?

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According to Jonathan Donnan’s wife, Mara, Pastor Skorzewski said numerous sexually inappropriate things to her over the course of months, and on at least one occasion, Pastor Glende also joined in with this disgusting behavior. A:   Were there people there that their opinion was that the pastor should be reinstated?

N16W23377 (At the time, Mara was a member of The CORE, a WELS church, and also Pastor Skorzewski’s executive assistant). The purpose of the meeting; however, was not to reinstate him. Waukesha, WI 53188-1108, Phone: 414-256-3299

Trinity Lutheran Active Christian Teens Pastor 1010 33rd Street Bay City, MI 48708-8600 Phone: (989) 892-5435 Contact Via Email In the courthouse lobby before the first case was heard, a local attorney who handles a lot of cases in that court (and who had absolutely no connection to this case) looked at the court’s calender, and said, “When you see four restraining order petitions against one person, then usually that person did something extremely bad, or it’s a bunch of bullies ganging up on someone.”  Jonathan’s wife, Mara, who was sitting nearby, piped up and said, “It’s the second one.

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. The entire exchange then quickly devolved into whether Jonathan had a right to be there because he was not a member of St. Peter & The CORE. Waukesha, WI 53188. Pastor Glende stated this numerous times throughout his testimony. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. © 2020 Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Q:   That’s not an answer to my question. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. And only a few months later, the District granted Skorzewski CRM status, he immediately received a call, and has already been installed as a WELS pastor in Texas. To order "WELS Yearbook Annual Subscription," see details below. Q:   And you’re stating that the August 13, 2013 meeting had nothing to do with that whatsoever, with his disposition going forward with the church, correct? During this meeting, District President Engelbrecht summarized Skorzewski’s behavior and the Donnan’s reaction and the steps the District took to rehabilitate Skorzewski, he solicited questions, and then he gave the members of St. Peter & The CORE thirty days to submit comments to the district leadership regarding Skorzewski’s proposed CRM status. Under oath, Pastor Glende testified that Jonathan’s behavior served no legitimate purpose because it hindered the ministry of St. Peter & The CORE, and it was just an attack. Ernst Käsemann - New Testament studies, also active against Nazism. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. It is — it attacks me personally.”  Attorney Maurer then asked Glende: “What’s wrong with that, pastor? Or could those be the behaviors of a man trying to protect and defend his wife? Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refuseing them will have impact how our site functions. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. In summarizing all of the evidence presented by Pastor Glende, Pastor Glende’s attorney said: There are statements that have been provided as evidence that … show that Mr. Donnan is not going to let this issue die. Pastor, teacher, and staff minister call report. (CRM means that a man is deemed to be blameless, above reproach, and qualified to receive a call as a pastor). But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. N16W23377 Stone Ridge Drive We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website.

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. To this end, an informational meeting was scheduled at The CORE for August 13, 2013. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. Instead you gave him the opportunity to speak. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. ATTORNEY GILL:  What specific allegations are we talking about, your Honor? Finally, Pastor Glende said that he would allow Jonathan to speak; however, he first informed the congregation that Jonathan was not invited to the meeting, had no legal right to be there, and that if Jonathan started attacking people, then he would be asked to leave. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Pastor Glende spent about two hours presenting his case. Rev.

Immediately after the court dismissed Pastor Glende’s case, Attorney Maurer suggested that Skorzewski and the two church staffers should voluntarily dismiss their own virtually identical cases. *CRM: “Candidatus ... will only be for called workers who are actively serving at the time of their death or for those who have retired from active ministry. This court hearing took place during the 30 day comment period in which members of St. Peter & The CORE were being asked to advise the District about Skorzewski’s CRM status. ATTORNEY MAURER:  I’m asking about any of them. At about 28 minutes into the sermon, Pastor Glende said, “I’m sure down the road or in the course of time, you’ll hear a great deal about what it is that God used to bring him here.

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