A tale of rival factions: St Mary of Debre Tsion revisited

In October 2020 we posted A tale of rival factions: St Mary of Debre Tsion, just one episode in a long-running saga of the dispute between two opposing groups within the congregation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Battersea.

In October 2014, the Charity Commission opened a statutory inquiry into the charity under s.46 Charities Act 2011 but its report has only just been published – the charity in the meantime having closed and its assets and property having been transferred to a newly-formed Charitable Incorporated Organisation with similar objects to those of the charity. Continue reading