Parochial Fees

The fall-out following the disciplinary adjudication Re Hawthorne [2015] has continued, and the Remuneration and Conditions of Service Committee, (RACSC), of the Archbishops’ Council has published further guidance on parochial fees, this time directed at hospital chaplains. The document Guidance for Church of England Hospital Chaplains, Incumbents, Diocesan Boards of Finance, and Hospital Trusts in relation to Funeral Services and Church of England Parochial Fees was circulated to the hospital chaplaincy network on 24 February. This was followed on 6 March by a more widely circulated letter from the Bishop of Manchester, the chair of the RACSC, and on 9 March with the publication of twenty-three Frequently Asked Questions which further explained the guidance, its basis and application. These are reviewed in our post Hospital chaplains, funerals and parochial fees.

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