EMBARGOED UNTIL DATE OF PUBLICATION REVIEW OF NOMINATION TO THE SEE OF SHEFFIELD AND RELATED CONCERNS Report by the Independent Reviewer APPENDICES LIST OF APPENDICES 1. Letter of 23 March 2017 from the Archbishops of Canterbury & York 2. Letter from WATCH of 13 February 2017 3. List of all those who gave oral or written evidence, with a brief description of the process 4. Extract from the House of Bishops’ Declaration (Paras 6-15) 5. Extract from ‘New Norms, New Beginning’ re mutual flourishing 6. Summary Timeline 7. Professor Percy’s letter of 7 April, with related appendices [51 pages] 8. Note of meeting with Professor Percy on 9 May 9. Archbishop of York’s article in The Yorkshire Post of 25 February [N.B. unedited] 10. Professor Percy’s article in The Yorkshire Post of 27 February [as published] 11. The Revd Arun Arora’s article in The Yorkshire Post of 4 March [as published] 12. The Rt Revd Philip North’s Statement of 9 March 13. The Archbishop of York’s Statement of 9 March 14. Secretary General’s Note of 28 April 15. Extract from Secretary General’s letter 25 May 16. Blog piece by Professor Woodhead dated 20 March 17. Forward in Faith submission 18. Reflection by J Worthen 19. Submission from M Grundy 20. Affirming Catholicism submission 21. Modern Church submission 22. Reform submission 23. WATCH submission APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 Sir Philip Mawer Independent Reviewer Church House Great Smith Street London SW1P 3AZ 13th February 2017 Dear Sir Philip, I am writing on behalf of the National Committee of WATCH to raise concerns about the working of the House of Bishops’ Declaration in relation to the appointment of the new Bishop of Sheffield. The House of Bishops’ Declaration agreed on 19th May 2014 states: 12. In addition, dioceses are entitled to express a view, in the statement of needs prepared during a vacancy in see, as to whether the diocesan bishop should be someone who will or will not ordain women. We have concerns that the people of Sheffield diocese were not made aware that they could make a statement requesting an ordaining bishop. We believe that many people naturally assumed that because this had been an “ordaining diocese” for over 20 years it would continue to be so. The Sheffield Statement of Needs clearly requests that the new Bishop be a focus of unity and the inclusion of a statement referencing the substantial number of women clergy reinforces that continuing need. We believe that the appointment of a non-ordaining bishop radically alters the relationship that the women clergy have with their Diocesan bishop and it radically alters the sense that the laity have of how the ministry of their incumbent is viewed by the Bishop. This has come as a shock to many in the diocese who are now left wondering how this situation could have arisen. May we ask you to review whether the appointment secretaries made clear the guidance in s.12 of the House of Bishops’ Declaration, both to the Vacancy in See Committee, and to the laity and clergy of the Diocese during the various consultations that took place? Thank you for your help in this matter. Rev Canon Dr Emma Percy Chair of WATCH Trinity College, Oxford OX1 3BH APPENDIX 3 THE INDEPENDENT REVIEWER’S REPORT: THE PROCESS On 23 March 2017 the Archbishops wrote to the Independent Reviewer, Sir Philip Mawer, asking him to address concerns raised by the operation of the House of Bishops’ Declaration under Regulation 27. Sir Philip accepted this request the following day. Between 28 & 30 March Sir Philip wrote to a number of interested parties seeking their comments on the matters raised by the Archbishops, by 30 April. In a number of cases these were followed up with one-to-one interviews. In addition to this correspondence Sir Philip studied a range of material that was publicly available from newspaper cuttings, blogs etc. On 3-5 May Sir Philip – accompanied by Jonathan Neil-Smith – met a cross section of people in the Diocese of Sheffield. 27 meetings took place attended by 62 people. In the period leading up to 5 July Sir Philip conducted a number of one-to-one interviews with others who had played a prominent part in the events (including 5 central members of the Crown Nominations Commission). By mid-July Sir Philip had received oral and written representations from 106 people. WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS# AND/OR MEETING or PHONE CALL* Heidi Adcock* Diocesan Secretary, Diocese of Sheffield April Alexander#* Central Member, CNC Revd Philip Ansell# Prof Peter Ashworth# Revd Lionel Atherton# Revd Dr Paul Avis# Revd Chris Barley* Hickleton Chapter Revd Dr Michael Bayley# Revd Paul Benfield# Canon John Biggin* Sheffield Cathedral Chapter Revd Canon Dr Alan Billings# Police & Crime Commissioner, South Yorkshire Canon Caroline Boddington#* Archbishops’ Appointments Secretary Very Revd Peter Bradley* Dean of Sheffield Revd Andy Brewerton* Area Dean, Wath Ann Brown* Elected member of CNC from the Diocese of Sheffield Debbie Buggs# Revd Canon Chris Burke* Vice-Dean & Precentor, Sheffield Cathedral Dr Mark Burkill# Reform Rt Revd Peter Burrows#* Bishop of Doncaster; elected member of CNC from the Diocese of Sheffield Dr Jackie Butcher* Chair of House of Laity; Bishop’s Council, Diocese of Sheffield Lindsey Jane Buxton* Diocesan Communications Officer, Diocese of Sheffield Ven Michael Chamberlain* Archdeacon of Sheffield & Rotherham Edward Chaplin#* Prime Minister’s Appointments Secretary Shaun Clarkson* Elected member of CNC from the Diocese of Sheffield Revd Jeremy Clines* Sheffield Action for Ministry Equality; University Chaplain Imogen Clout* Warden of Reader, Diocese of Sheffield Revd Canon Mark Cockayne* Director of Parish Support, Diocese of Sheffield Andrew Coombe* Lord Lieutenant, South Yorkshire Revd Karen Cribb* Area Dean, Ecclesall Right Revd Dr Steven Croft# Bishop of Oxford Revd Howard Crosswaite* Hickleton Chapter Revd Stephen Dickinson* Hickleton Chapter Revd Ali Dorey#* Sheffield Action for Ministry Equality; Diocesan Mission Development Co-ordinator Ian Downing* Bishop’s Council, Diocese of Sheffield Revd John Dunnett#* Central Member, CNC Revd Frances Eccleston# Bishop’s Adviser for Pastoral Care, Diocese of Sheffield Revd Stephen Edmonds* Hickleton Chapter Revd Canon Keith Farron* Canon Missioner, Sheffield Cathedral Revd Stephen France* V-Chair, WATCH Revd David Franklin#* Vicar, Askern Revd Janet Franklin# Right Revd Jonathan Goodall# Bishop of Ebbsfleet Canon Dr Christine Gore* Director of Formation for Ministry, Diocese of Sheffield Revd Dave Gough* Area Dean, Attercliffe Revd Canon Fleur Green# Adviser for Women’s Ministry, Diocese of Blackburn Revd Canon Dr Malcolm Grundy# Revd Sue Hammersley#* Sheffield Action for Ministry Equality; Vicar St Mark Broomhill Revd Canon Geoffrey Harbord* Chaplain to the Bishop of Sheffield; elected member of CNC from the Diocese of Sheffield Aiden Hargreaves-Smith* Central Member, CNC Ven John Hawley# Rt Revd David Hawtin* Chair of ‘New Norms, New Beginnings’ Group, Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Sheffield Alan Heath# Right Revd Julian Henderson# Bishop of Blackburn Barbara Hickman# Right Revd Nicholas Holtam# Bishop of Salisbury Revd Andrew Howard* Hickleton Chapter Revd Alan Isaacson* Bishop’s Council, Diocese of Sheffield; Area Dean of Ecclesfield Revd Peter Jackson* Vicar, Kendray Revd Michael Johnson# Linda Langthorne* Safeguarding Adviser, Diocese of Sheffield Revd John Leal* Hickleton Chapter Revd Howard Loxley* Hickleton Chapter Dr Julie MacDonald* High Sherriff, South Yorkshire Revd Dr Rosemarie Mallett# Affirming Catholicism Revd Dr Judith Maltby#* Central Member, CNC Revd Julian Mann* Vicar, Oughtibridge Revd Canon Stuart Matthews# Ian Mayer# Manna Community Revd David Middleton* Vicar, Gleadless Valley Sarah Moore#* Janet Morley#* Revd Grant Naylor#* Hickleton Chapter Canon Sandra Newton#* Right Revd Philip North#* Bishop of Burnley William Nye LVO#* Secretary General Dr Jane Patterson* Central Member, CNC Dan Paul* Youth Worker Canon Liz Paver* Bishop’s Council, Diocese of Sheffield Revd Edward Pennington* Christ Church Encliffe Revd Canon Dr Emma Percy#* WATCH Very Revd Prof Martyn Percy#* Dean, Christ Church Oxford Dr Colin Podmore# Forward in Faith (on behalf of its Executive Council) Canon David Porter* Chief of Staff to the Archbishop of Canterbury David Price# Revd Canon Philip O’Reilly# Canon Peter Rainford* Bishop’s Council, Diocese of Sheffield Revd Eleanor Robertshaw* Bishop’s Council, Diocese of Sheffield Revd Dave Rogerson* Area Dean, Doncaster Canon Mark Russell* CEO, Church Army; elected member of CNC from the Diocese of Sheffield Most Revd & Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu* Archbishop of York HHJ Sarah Singleton# Chancellor, Diocese of Sheffield Revd Karen Skidmore* Vicar, Heringthorpe Revd Canon Ian Smith* Chair of House of Clergy, Diocese of Sheffield, diocesan elected member of the CNC Revd Justine Smith#* Vicar, Marshland Benefice Rt Revd Rod Thomas# Bishop of Maidstone Revd Abi Thompson* Dean of Women’s Ministry, Diocese of Sheffield Revd Canon Liz Turner-Loisel* Area Dean, Snaith Revd Canon Julie Upton* Team Rector, Sheffield Manor; Sheffield Cathedral Chapter Revd Dr Jan Van der Lely# Modern Church Andrew Vidler* Diocesan Registrar, Diocese of Sheffield Revd Richard Watson* Area Dean of Adwick Rt Revd Glyn Webster* Bishop of Beverley Ven Steve Wilcockson* Archdeacon of Doncaster Rt Revd Pete Wilcox# Bishop of Sheffield Revd Canon Paul Williams* Vicar, Christ Church Fulwood Prof Linda Woodhead# 106 APPENDIX 4 An extract from the House of Bishops’ Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops & Priests [GS Misc 1076, June 2014]1 “Simplicity, reciprocity and mutuality 6. The House believes that the outworking of these principles needs to be accompanied by simplicity, reciprocity and mutuality. 7. The simplicity of the legislation now agreed by the General Synod is reflected in the fact that it makes no changes to the structures of the Church of England, leaves unaltered the position of each diocesan bishop as Ordinary and preserves the historic requirement for canonical obedience to the diocesan bishop ‘in all things lawful and honest’ and for the taking of oaths acknowledging this 2 duty .