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Mlibo Mteteleli Ngewu is the former bishop of Umzimvubu a diocese in the
Lubabalo Livingstone Ngewu
https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222315/http://www.anglicanchurchsa.org/view.asp?ItemID=439&tname=tblComponent1&oname=News&pg=front .] The seven years of his episcopate have been marked with controversy. Members of his estranged clergy, who refer to themselves as the Concerned Group, have charged him with allegations of authoritarian leadership, which has caused much resentment and embarrassment. As of 19 August 2011, some two thirds of the clergy in his diocese have written to the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Archbishop of Cape Town requesting him to intervene. In consequence, he was under investigation on various charges under
Provincial Administrative Team
The team, appointed by the Archbishop, was mandated to take immediate action to resolve specific legal and financial issues to offer pastoral care for the people, clergy and the bishop; and to initiate a longer term process of reconciliation - a move widely regarded as futile.Statement by the Synod of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa The state of the diocese still remains highly volatile. As a result, Ngewu has taken an indefinite leave of absence.
Mlibo Mteteleli Ngewu is the former bishop of Umzimvubu a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa, known until 2006 as the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, is the province (Anglican), province of the Anglican Communion in the southern part of Africa. The church has twenty-five dioceses, of whi ...
. Previously an archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...
he was appointed in 2003 to succeed the inaugural bishop, Geoffrey Francis Davies. He is a close relative of the late dean of Pretoria, provincial trustee and former rector of the College of the Transfiguration The College of the Transfiguration in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, is the only Province (Anglican), provincial residential college of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, offering a Contextual theology, contextual approach to theology studies.
The co ...
Lubabalo Livingstone Ngewu
https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222315/http://www.anglicanchurchsa.org/view.asp?ItemID=439&tname=tblComponent1&oname=News&pg=front .] The seven years of his episcopate have been marked with controversy. Members of his estranged clergy, who refer to themselves as the Concerned Group, have charged him with allegations of authoritarian leadership, which has caused much resentment and embarrassment. As of 19 August 2011, some two thirds of the clergy in his diocese have written to the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Archbishop of Cape Town requesting him to intervene. In consequence, he was under investigation on various charges under
canon law
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. The allegations which were under investigation included simony
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, nepotism
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, embezzlement
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, fraud
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and sexual harassment
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. Subsequently, Ngewu was exonerated of the charges by a Provincial task force convened by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa, known until 2006 as the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, is the province (Anglican), province of the Anglican Communion in the southern part of Africa. The church has twenty-five dioceses, of whi ...
. The Archbishop mandated a pastoral team to undertake a visit in order to meet with the presenters, the Bishop and any others concerned in the matters raised, and to seek to resolve the issues concerned through pastoral ministration, which included the dean of the province and bishop of Natal
The Diocese of Natal is in the region of Natal, South Africa, the diocese has its northern boundary at the Tugela River. The episcopal leader of the diocese is the bishop of Natal.
History
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, Rubin Phillip.
In retaliation, the Concerned Group have initiated calls to secede from the embattled diocese and has withheld all parish assessments, that is, monthly contributions from the parishes to the diocese and severed all communications with the diocesan office. Therefore, Ngewu invited the Provincial Synod of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa to intervene and deal with the deep seated and complicated issues of the diocese. On 12 February 2012, the Synod of Bishops resolved to place the diocese under the care of thProvincial Administrative Team
The team, appointed by the Archbishop, was mandated to take immediate action to resolve specific legal and financial issues to offer pastoral care for the people, clergy and the bishop; and to initiate a longer term process of reconciliation - a move widely regarded as futile.Statement by the Synod of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa The state of the diocese still remains highly volatile. As a result, Ngewu has taken an indefinite leave of absence.
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