Sidebottom Settlement At Root Of Policy Revisions

On February 6, 2009 the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America announced that it was “in the process of revising and updating the Church’s ‘Policies, Standards and Procedures on Sexual Misconduct.'” “The existing document was prepared and adopted by the Holy Synod of Bishops in 2003,” said OCA Chancellor, Archpriest Alexander Garklavs.