Help needed

Timothy said:

Dear Catherine,

I've been praying for this whole messy situation. I am so sorry you feel this way.

One piece of advice, and I must first say, I am not a lawyer, however I have extensive experience of charity commission law. I quite strongly feel that while removing yourself as signatory is your own choice (although I would advise it), you should refuse to sign any cheques while you have no position within the church. This is simply because them asking you to do so may be breaking Charity commission law. I believe in order to sign or counter-sign a cheque, you have to be an official within the charity concerned. This is worth clarifying with the Area Dean, but certainly that is my understanding of Charity law. Any pressure on their behalf to ask you to do so should be officially documented by you, and taken to the Area Dean and/or Bishop. You have signed a letter standing down from the position, therefore, the Charity Commission would take the position that the trustees (normally the Wardens, although not necessarily) have a duty to replace you as Treasurer and to make sure their accounts are in order. It is no longer your responsibility, and you should feel free to act that way.

Tim

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Maid Marie said:

At first I thought you were saying that you were in an abusive situation i.e. you had a husband doing something to you. But I can see what you are saying - you've been in that environment for so long that you don't recognize it when you experience it. And then that makes you more vulnerable for abuse. I know some folks like that. One of the ladies at the food pantry this morning would qualify I believe.

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Maid Marie said:

After I left my dysfunctional childhood church, I felt that same way. In time, I was able to move on but it took a lot of prayer to do so.

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Timothy said:

It seems clear to me that you need a meeting with the Archdeacon as soon as possible. That is potentially severe financial malpractice and/or fraud on his behalf. The Church of England may move very slowly on some matters, but financial matters don't tend to be those.

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razzelflabben said:

may you this day, be granted the peace of God like you have never known before, may you discover in Christ, treasures you have been overlooking, and may you today, find strength not only in Christ, but in your brothers and sisters (in Christ) as well. (Love you)

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