The UUA is a justice-seeking institution committed to accountability and safety for our faith communities and the people we serve. This includes transparency regarding clergy and other credentialed religious professionals who have been removed from their status or resigned under investigation.

This page lists ministers who have been removed from UUA Fellowship due to violations of the UUMA Code of Conduct or other behavior deemed unbecoming of a minister by the Ministerial Fellowship Committee of the UUA, which has sole authority over the granting of ministerial credentials as well as the removal of such credentials. Recognizing that the standards for clergy conduct have evolved, and continue to do so as our understanding has grown about the nature of abuse, the list below is in no way a complete historic record. It represents only cases in which formal misconduct were complaints filed, adjudicated by the Ministerial Fellowship Committee (MFC) and a minister was either removed from Fellowship or resigned in the midst of a misconduct investigation process or fellowship review.

The UUA’s commitment to Congregational Polity means that only congregations have the right to ordain ministers, and thus the MFC does not have the power to remove ordination, or even to force a minister to resign if a congregation does not vote removal or termination. In the interest of accountability and the safety of the congregations and communities we serve, the UUA believes that a minister who has been removed from Fellowship is unfit to serve under the ethical standards expected from UU ministers.

Religious educators whose credential has been terminated by the Religious Education Credentialing Committee are also listed.

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