The clergy of E.A.D.M. are profiled below. The sign * denotes membership of the Council of Three, E.A.D.M.’s senior advisory body. The Primate of E.A.D.M. holds the office of Metropolitan, but for day to day use the designation Presiding Bishop is employed.
Presiding Bishop
The Most Reverend John Kersey*, OCR, OAM, MKNL, KCStJB, KCStG, KGStJ, DD, EdD, PhD
Titular Metropolitan of Karim
Archbishop Kersey is 114th in Apostolic Succession from the Apostle St Thomas through the Chaldean Catholic succession and 137th in Apostolic Succession from the Apostle St Peter through the Syrian-Orthodox Antiochian succession (263rd through the Petrine succession via the Roman Catholic Church). He is also in succession from the Apostles St James the Less, St Mark the Evangelist and St Andrew, and holds the succession of the Eglise Gnostique (1890) via the late Robert Amadou (Tau Jacques). In an esoteric context he is known by the title Tau Eleutherius.
Following twelve years of lay work within a number of Christian denominations, Archbishop Kersey was brought to an eventual realisation that his vocation lay specifically within those movements that had sought to preserve the pre-Vatican I Catholic Church alongside the philosophia perennis that had found its home in the esoteric schools. In 2008 he was subconditionally consecrated and enthroned as Archbishop of Great Britain in the Apostolic Episcopal Church by Archbishop Bertil Persson, Emeritus Primate of the Apostolic Episcopal Church and the Order of Corporate Reunion (acting on a mandate from the Primate of the Apostolic Episcopal Church), assisted by other bishops from the Orthodox and Continuing Anglican traditions. Archbishop Persson is also the retired Archbishop of Europe of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (a member church of the Anglican Communion and the Union of Utrecht of Old Catholic Churches) and of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil.
In secular life, he has served as President and Director of Academic Affairs of European-American University since 2007, having wide previous experience in teaching and educational consultancy. His recent books, all of which are published by European-American University Press, include The University Outside State Control (2009), the first to address its controversial topic in depth, Arnold Harris Mathew and the Old Catholic Movement in England 1908-52 (2010), and Joseph-René Vilatte (1854-1929): Some Aspects of his Life, Work and Succession (2011). He is also an award-winning concert pianist, having recorded over ninety CDs for his own record label Romantic Discoveries Recordings, including first recordings of works by Beethoven, Alkan, Mendelssohn and many others.
He is a Doctor of Divinity of St Ephrem’s Institute of Eastern Church Studies, and a Doctor of Education of the Universidad Internacional, Panama, in addition to holding other degrees from British, African and Central American universities. He has received the Grand Cross (MKNL) of the Hungarian National Guard (Magyar Köztársaság Nemzetör Gárda), and is a Knight Commander of The International Knightly Order Valiant of St George and Knight of Grace of The Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta (The Hereditary Order). Within E.A.D.M., he is head of the Valiant Order of St. John the Baptist, the church’s merit order, and of the Marian Orders under the Marian Administr
ation.
His personal website at www.johnkersey.org gives details of his publications and his work as a historian and musician.
Regionary Bishop for the United Kingdom
The Most Reverend Andrew Linley*, OCR, OAM, KCStJB, DD, BA
Titular Archbishop of Mount Carmel
Andrew Linley was educated firstly at local Church of England schools and then at the Open University (BA, DipEurHum) as well as studying theology via distance learning. He became interested in religion in a non-confessional sense at secondary school, but did not begin attending church until his teens, when his growing interest in church music led him to win the organ scholarship of his local Anglican parish church. He continued in music ministry for four years, during which his interest in theology deepened, leading eventually to his studying the subject as a mature undergraduate, followed by ordination in the Free Church tradition in 2003, as a minister of the body which would become the English Liberal Free Church. This was followed by Apostolic ordination and consecration in the Liberal Catholic tradition in 2006. His original church was subsequently absorbed into the Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church, where he served as a bishop until his incardination into E.A.D.M. in May 2010.
An experienced liturgist, he has compiled and edited a number of the liturgies of the former English Liberal Free Church. He is a Certified Funeral Minister, and is listed as a Funeral Officiant in the Natural Death Handbook. His academic specialisms lie in sacramental theology, liturgical ceremonial and vesture, in which areas he examines to postgraduate level.
Regionary Bishop for the United States
The Most Reverend Anthony Scuderi*, OSF, OAM, KCStJB, PsyD, DMin, MDiv, MA, BS, AA
Titular Bishop of Gaza
Bishop Tony is married to Heather and lives in Sacramento California, where he leads the Mission Episcopate of St Mary of the Angels. He is a former Roman Catholic Franciscan friar and priest (ordained 1987) and served as a pastor and chaplain to a religious community before leaving the Roman Catholic Church in the mid-1990s. He has worked as a counselor and addictions professional at San Quentin prison, where his clients included inmates on Death Row. Bishop Tony holds the degrees of Associate of Arts from Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA, 
Bachelor of Science from East Stroudsburg State College, PA, Master of Divinity from the Catholic Theological Union, IL, Master of Arts from Liberty University, VA, Doctor of Ministry from The Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, PA, and Doctor of Psychology from Southern California University for Professional Studies.
Abbot of the Marian Orders
The Rt. Revd. Abbot Charles Reynolds, SSMV, OAM, JD
Abbot Charles received the minor orders, diaconate and priesthood at the hands of the Most Revd. Stephen Pfleiderer. He is based in Dallas, Texas, USA, where he practices as an attorney and leads a growing Mariavite parish.
Abbot Charles, whose ecclesiastical name is Shin Maram, is Abbot Nullius of the Marian Orders within E.A.D.M., consisting of the Order of Ave Maria, the Guild of Healers of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Societas Sacerdotalis Mariae Vitae. He is a member of the Order of the Grail (Johannes Dee Commandery) and the Martinist Order of Unknown Philosophers (Rosa Mystica Chapter).
Vicar-General
The Very Revd. Mgr. Jason Voss, VG, KCStJB, OCR, FSSS, MTh, BA
Fr. Jason is the Superior General of the Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sanctissimi Sacramenti, and leads the Mission Parish of St Christopher in Evanston, Wyoming. His ministry also includes working as a chaplain for a regional hospice. He was brought up in an LDS (Mormon) family and served as a Missionary and seminary teacher, later joining the Apostolic United Brethren, a Mormon fundamentalist sect. After a period of exploration both within and beyond religious belief, he found himself drawn back to the essentials of the Christian faith through the Roman Catholic and Antiochian Orthodox Churches. This journey led him in due course to the Liberal Catholic Movement, in which he was ordained priest by Archbishop Dean E. Bekken. He was received into the Order of Corporate Reunion and EADM by incardination in 2011. He is a graduate of Weber State University, where he majored in Political Science, and European-American University with a Master of Theology in Liberal Catholic Studies.
Fr. Jason is an active Freemason
and received the degrees of the Scottish and York Rites. An avid reader, he is also a student of the Kabalah, Tarot, grimoires, and ceremonial magic.
Priests
The Revd. Fr. Scott Shubert, AAA
Fr. Scott was ordained priest in the New Order of Glastonbury by Bishop Martha Schultz in 2004 and was received into E.A.D.M. by incardination in 2010. He is based in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Fr. Scott is currently active in the Art of Living, a worldwide organization that offers stress relief through yogic breathing. He practices the Chinese form of healing and enlightenment, qigong. Another primary area of interest is personal development and subconscious reprogramming through NLP, hypnosis and other methods of communicating with the subconscious and super-conscious minds.
Fr. Scott was attracted to yoga and Western esotericism in 1981 when he became a student of the Self Realization Fellowship and a member of the Rosicrucian Order. Later he was initiated into the Martinist Order and Synarchy of Barbados, The Martinist Order of the Netherlands, and was a founding member of the Rose Croix Martinist Order. He was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and subsequently received the degrees of Royal Arch Freemasons, Cryptic Masons and Knights Templar of the York Rite Freemasons. He was a student of the International College of Esoteric Studies and was deeply immersed in esoteric study and practice during the late eighties and early nineties.
Now his spiritual orientation is more of a fusion of Independent Catholicism, yoga, Vedic wisdo
m, and Taoism. It is an important aspect of his mission in life to serve the Apostolic Sacramental Tradition of the Christian priesthood as every Mass or liturgy creates a fountain of healing light that shines into the world.
The Revd. Fr. Dan Edmunds, HonDD, EdD, MA Theol
Fr. Dan is based in Pennsylvania, USA. He was ordained priest by Metropolitan Nicholas Valissoupolis of the Greek Orthodox Church (Old Calendar) and subsequently transferred to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, which was in communion with his previous denomination.
Fr. Dan served at the age of 16 as the youngest legislative aide in the State of Colorado. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion with minor in Sociology from the University of Florida, Master of Arts in Theology from the University of Scranton (Theta Alpha Kappa) and Doctor of Education in Pastoral Community Counseling from Argosy University. He holds the degree of Doctor of Divinity honoris causa from St James the Elder Theological Seminary in Florida, where he also serves as Dean of Faculty, as well as serving on faculty at European-American University.
Founder of the International Center for Humane Psychiatry, Fr. Dan is a leading child and family existential psychotherapist specialising in drug-free treatment. He is an advocate of the autistic rights movement and a critic of the psychiatric establishment, formerly hosting his own radio program dealing with these and other issues. He is Board Certified in Sexual Abuse issues through the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and has particular expertise in traumatology. Also active in research in India, he has worked with the Center for Advocacy in Mental Health, Pune. He is author of the book “Children Our Treasure: Meeting our Children’s Needs Outside the Bio-Psychiatric Paradigm.”
He has visited the places of worship and completed extensive study of all branches of Judaism, the Baha’i Faith, Hindu, Buddhist (Tibetan Vajrayana and Vietnamese Mahayana), Christian (various Protestant denominations, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Old Catholic), and Islam. He has had particular interest in the mystical traditions of various faiths and the
works of the Sufi poet Rumi and the Indian teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti. He has also had interest in existential philosophy, particularly the works of Sartre, Kierkegaard, and Frankl.
The Revd. Fr. C. Richard Pumphrey, MTheol, MA
Fr. Richard holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts from David Lipscomb College, Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from St Andrew’s Theological College and Seminary of the Episcopal Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of America, and Master of Theology in Pastoral Counselling from Campbellsville University. He was ordained priest in 2002 and has since served in positions as associate priest and priest in charge of parishes in Kentucky and Tennessee, in addition to seminary teaching. Between 2002 and 2007 he was Chairman of the Washington and Marion County, Ky, F
oster Care Review Board and a member of the Interested Party Review Board. His ministry is in the contemplative tradition and embraces theological interests in metaphysics and the Gnostic scriptures.
Subdeacon
The Revd. Br. Francis-Julian, SSMV, MEd, BA
Br. Francis-Julian SSMV (Chuck Dunning) was ordained subdeacon by Shin Maram for the Mariavite Society in Texas in February 2012. He is married to Susan and works in the fields of mental health and higher education, holding the degrees of Master of Education in Counseling and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology of the University of North Texas. In addition, he is a mystical poet and practices and teaches mindfulness, meditation, prayer and theurgy, providing consultation for those following esoteric paths. He has personal experience of a number of the traditions of Western Esotericism, and is author of the blog “The Way of the Heart.”
Cleric
The Revd. Thomas Gayley, OAM
Thomas assists Fr. Dan Edmunds at Holy Protection Chapel and Oratory and is also a Senior Member of the Order of Ave Maria. As an individual with Down’s Syndrome, Mr. Gayley is blazing a trail in his ministerial path. His admittance as Cleric follows the clear demonstration of his spiritual calling lived through a daily Rule over a period of time.
Associated communities
The following communities operate autonomously under charter from E.A.D.M.
The Marian Orders
The Marian Administration governs The Order of Ave Maria, The Guild of Healers of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and The Societas Sacerdotalis Mariae Vitae, which are discussed on their own page.
The Mission Episcopate of St Mary of the Angels
This community within the Franciscan charism in California, USA, is led by Bishop Tony Scuderi OSF. For further information, see the website for this community.
The Mission Parish of St Christopher
This community is based in Wyoming, USA, and is under the guidance of Mgr. Jason Voss VG. For further details, please see the website for this community.
The Mission Parish of the Divine Light
The Mission Parish of the Divine Light in Québec, Canada, is an esoteric parish working in an interfaith context and led by Fr. François Lepine, who is simultaneously a priest in the Catholic heritage and a Buddhist Acharya (the equivalent of bishop). For more information see his website.
