Historic Taupō church enjoys new life
5 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Ross Fletcher (left), the grandson of the Rev H.J. Fletcher, with Matthew Laity of Northlit Develoments outside the historic church, which is now being restored.
Ross Fletcher (left), the grandson of the Rev H.J. Fletcher, with Matthew Laity of Northlit Develoments outside the historic church, which is now being restored.
Laurilee McMichael is editor of the Taupo & Turangi Weekenderlaurilee.mcmichael@nzme.co.nzTaupoWeekender
He was a man of strength and warmth, hard-working, dedicated to the cause, fluent in te reo and determined to improve life for Māori living in the Taupō district.
Abusive vicar victims fear cover-up, as church officials gain advance access to conduct report
Emmanuel Church will have a copy of a report it commissioned into allegations against the Rev Jonathan Fletcher a month before publication
22 January 2021 • 9:00pm
The Rev Jonathan Fletcher in 2016. The allegations against the Rev Fletcher stem from his time as Minister of Emmanuel Church in Wimbledon, from 1982 to 2012
Credit: Moore College
Victims of an abusive vicar unmasked by The Telegraph fear a church cover-up, as it emerges officials will have a month to scour the investigation into his conduct before its publication.
In June 2019 The Telegraph revealed that Rev Jonathan Fletcher, one of the Church of England’s leading evangelical figures, was banned from preaching after “spiritually abusing” vulnerable adults.