Grace Cathedral Dean Malcolm Young Is Leaving at the End of the Month After 11 Years
The Very Rev. Malcolm Young is leaving Grace Cathedral at the end of the month in what the board called a planned leadership transition. The board said he has done nothing wrong and is not being fired. No public reason was given.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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The Very Rev. Malcolm Young, dean of San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, is leaving at the end of the month after 11 years of service, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The board of trustees described the departure as a "planned leadership transition." In a letter to congregants sent weeks later, board chair Tobias Keller said Young has done nothing wrong and is not being fired. The Chronicle reported that the communication around the departure did not go as planned, according to that later letter. No public reason for the departure was given.
Stephanie Martin Taylor, a spokesperson for the Episcopal Diocese of California, said the cathedral planned to hold a series of "open listening sessions" to create space for "conversation and healing" as the process moved forward. The board has not announced who will serve in the interim or set a public timeline for naming a new dean.
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