A question for Vicar General Chris Jones

Percy from the Pews
Perhaps not unexpectedly there was no response from the bishop himself, but the Mercury – realising a public interest question had been raised on this website – also started asking, and the result was a flurry of articles highlighting the prospect of Greek Orthodox ownership. The issue had a significant presentation over successive days in the Mercury. Which leads to another question I have – this time for Anglican Vicar General Chris Jones. Sitting in for John Harrower on the Anglican Diocese website’s “From the Bishop’s Desk” segment, he wrote this:

I RECENTLY had a question for Bishop John Harrower as head of the Anglican Church in Tasmania. He was asked about future ownership of North Hobart’s Holy Trinity Church following reports I had heard that it was being sold to the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia ( A question for Bishop Harrower

Perhaps not unexpectedly there was no response from the bishop himself, but the Mercury – realising a public interest question had been raised on this website – also started asking, and the result was a flurry of articles highlighting the prospect of Greek Orthodox ownership. The issue had a significant presentation over successive days in the Mercury.

Which leads to another question I have – this time for Anglican Vicar General Chris Jones. Sitting in for John Harrower on the Anglican Diocese website’s “From the Bishop’s Desk” segment, he wrote this:

“There have been some stories in the media about the sale of Holy Trinity Church. At the time of writing the negotiations for a sale are continuing.”

I ask what, in his estimation, constitutes “some” stories? Surely in this latest public concern voiced over the fate of this beloved Tasmanian heritage icon what we have seen is more than just “some”!

Here’s a summary – top of the page Mercury stories on four days, plus a Mercury “Street Talk” poll (with respondents indicating the need for Holy Trinity’s preservation), 13 letters published (including four together under the Mercury’s “Hot Topic” category), comment from the Mercury’s Saturday columnist Leo Schofield, and television coverage. There was also, of course, the initial airing of the issue on tasmaniantimes.

If this accumulation is merely “some” media coverage in the vicar general’s view, then what would it take to make “much”?