This is my elder daughter Zoë.

She is suffering in a way that's hard to describe. This photo captures the pathos of it for me.

When we arrived at the campsite on Saturday the caravan park people were working on an old on-site cabin next to us.


Turns out it had been converted to a campers' kitchen and was being readied to be removed.


They warned us that the crane was arriving first thing this morning. It was very interesting!


The initial three photos show the campers' kitchen in relation to our awning, the crane backing onto the site, and its proximity to our van.


More photos to follow.

I've been given a copy of the "last word", a statement made by the victors in church last week. I've also been informed of a visiting programme to certain church members who have supported me in which many lies are told and my name has been slandered by untruth.


In private I am described as nasty, unrelational, failing to follow up on matters, suffering mental illness etc while much was made of two assertions in the public statement: firstly that my resignation was voluntary and secondly that parish council did not seek my removal.


On the first,

We now have a new mailing address:

PO Box 248

KATOOMBA NSW 2780

P.S. Someone left an answering machine message with a very poor rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus... some people are happy to express their happiness at ousting me, it seems.

Update 20/07/2010 19:27: My July pay has come through. Thanks to the help of friends, our direct debits that all go out on the 20th were met, and we can survive until next month!

Update 19/07/2010 18:42: I've just received advice some pay will be forthcoming soon, but thanks to friends we have covered our immediate expenses. Received this in an email: "Should have enough to pay you, trying to organise a sweep asap." Part of The bullies' campaign against me was that I suck at relationships but you have demonstrated the lie that this allegation is!

ORIGINAL POST:

A number of you have asked how to help us financially.

When clergy resign 'voluntarily', because it is not a redundancy but a resignation, there are absolutely NO entitlements. It's one of the quirks of a system where a rector cannot be sacked but can be squeezed!

The bishop announced in church on 11 July that we had tenancy of the rectory until 30 September and would be paid a full stipend until then.

Unfortunately we may not see any of that money for a very long time because the bishop has advised me the church can 'owe' me. The final day of the month to pay us allowed by the guidelines issued by the diocese was 4 days ago and there was not enough money to pay us in full, and they did not offer to pay us in part. I am sure it is just an administrative difficulty with the turnover of office staff and volunteers following my departure.

If you would like to help would you please contact us and we'll give you banking details. It is important that if you wish to help you understand that we will probably receive the monies owing us eventually and we wouldn't want you to be generous based on a misunderstanding of that fact.

Contact us here.