News Updates

News Updates

7/29/2005

• Bishop Smith Responds to Brother Diocesan Bishops

  Connecticut Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Andrew D. Smith, accused nine other diocesan bishops of making a petulant ill-informed attack on his inhibition of the Rev. Mark H. Hansen, rector of St. John’s, Bristol, and denied spurning the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Panel of Reference or abusing the canons.

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• Council Authorizes Legal Aid to Dioceses

  The Episcopal Church spent more than $500,000 last year funding diocesan lawsuits against parishes and covering excess expenses incurred in Title IV real estate disputes.

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• North Carolina Bishop Not a P.B. Candidate

  The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, Bishop of North Carolina, recently announced that he will not allow his name to be considered for election as the next Presiding Bishop.

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• Episcopal Acts Performed in Overland Park

  Acting on a request from the Primate of the Anglican Province of Uganda, the Rt. Rev. William J. Cox, retired assisting Bishop of Oklahoma, performed sacramental episcopal acts on two occasions within the past month at Christ Church, Overland Park, Kan. When contacted by The Living Church Bishop Cox reluctantly confirmed that he ordained two priests and a deacon on June 29 and on July 24 he returned to lead a service of confirmation.

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• Californians Seek Rite for Same-Sex Blessings

  A task force in the Diocese of California has concluded that “now is the time to acknowledge in convention our diocesan practice of 22 years.” The committee, charged by the diocesan bishop, the Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, to consider a variety of issues related to the status of marriage and the blessing of same-gender covenants in Church and society, has proposed three resolutions to be considered at convention in the fall.

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