New dean for Truro
THE Archdeacon of Cornwall, the Ven.
Roger Bush (above), has been appointed Dean of Truro. He
will be installed at Truro Cathedral on 22 September. Archdeacon
Bush has lived and worked in Cornwall for 18 years as a parish
priest and a residentiary canon of the cathedral. Before this, he
served in Chesterfield and Leicester. The previous Dean of Truro,
the Very Revd Christopher Hardwick, stepped down from the post in
April 2010 after taking a break because of marital difficulties
(News, 7 May).
A new name for USPG
THE 311-year-old Anglican
mission and development agency USPG is to change its name to United
Society and hopes to be known as Us, after an official launch event
in November. Canon Linda Ali, who chairs USPG's trustees, said that
the existing name "worked well in its day", but suggested that
words such as "propagation" - the charity started life as the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts - were
"simply outdated in the 21st century".
Married couple targeted by internet 'trolls'
A YOUNG, newly married couple, who
were photographed delivering the Coalition for Marriage (C4M)
petition to Downing Street (News, 15 June), have received abusive
messages on social-media sites. Rhys and Esther Curnow, who married
in March, have received more than 100 "hate messages" to their
personal Facebook accounts,C4M has reported, including threats of
violence. The couple have made a complaint to the police under the
Malicious Communications Act. The petition, which opposes the
redefinition of marriage, has been signed by more than 580,000
people.
More in the Birthday Honours list
THE former chief executive of
the Children's Society, Bob Reitemeier, has been awarded the CBE
for service to children. Mr Reitemeier, who held the post from
2002-2011, is now Chief Executive of the Essex Community
Foundation. Also honoured, with an MBE, was David Loftus, a lay
chaplain, for services to the Royal Military School of
Music.