Ex-Anglicans have seen these tricks played on the Church before, writes Gavin Ashenden

In a recent article in another Catholic publication, the prominent Catholic intellectual and biographer of Pope Francis, Austin Ivereigh has expressed anxieties about the influence of ex-Anglicans offering advice on the Synodal process to the journalist Christopher Lamb.  

Austin Ivereigh himself is much invested in the Synodal Way. He has been one of the authors putting together a synthesis of the views of this country’s experience. He is alarmed at the contributions to the report by ex-Anglicans who have been warning about the dangers of consulting people who don’t know or practice the faith.