It has been announced that the Seminary at Wonersh in the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton is to close. The reason given is that it is taking on no new students this year.
However the cause goes deeper than this. It is clear that bishops have stopped sending students there, and this is for a reason. There have been reports of scandalous behavior there, and the Rector was much involved. He was recently sacked by the Archbishop of Southwark who is Chairman of the Governors.
A lot of people are saying that closure is the best thing that could happen to Wonersh. I wonder whether, once closed, it could reopen as a a completely reformed seminary. Perhaps even a traditional one. Just a suggestion.
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