News Updates

News Updates

July 2006

• Clarification of Complaint Against Bishop Cox

  There is no provision under the Canons and Constitution of the General Convention for the Presiding Bishop to file a “formal” complaint with the Title IV [Disciplinary] Review Committee. Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold did forward on to the Review Committee evidence compiled in part by the bishops of Kansas and Oklahoma.

  Posted on July 28, 2006

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• Title IV Review Committee Members Announced

  The Rt. Rev. Dorsey Henderson, Bishop of Upper South Carolina, is the senior bishop on the Title IV Review Committee and will be responsible for overseeing the first meeting date and the process of appointing officers. Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold made a number of changes to the committee last month during the 75th General Convention in Columbus, Ohio.

  Posted on July 28, 2006

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• Northwestern Pennsylvania Bishop Retires

  The Rt. Rev. Robert D. Rowley, Jr., Bishop of Northwestern Pennsylvania, has written to his diocese announcing he will take a terminal sabbatical leave effective immediately.

  Posted on July 28, 2006

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• Archbishop of Canterbury Solicits Primates on General Convention

  The Archbishop of Canterbury has written the primates of the Anglican Communion seeking their reflections on the response to the Windsor Report by the 75th General Convention of The Episcopal Church.

  Posted on July 28, 2006

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• South Carolina Announces Candidates for Bishop

  The Diocese of South Carolina has released a slate of three for the election of a successor to the Rt. Rev. Edward L. Salmon, Jr., as diocesan bishop

  Posted on July 28, 2006

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• Presentment Against Bishop of Connecticut Moves Forward

  John Lankenau, the church attorney, has begun his investigation of a formal complaint against the Bishop of Connecticut, the Rt. Rev. Andrew D. Smith, according to three sources who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak on matters before the committee.

  Posted on July 26, 2006

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• Fort Worth Dean: General Convention is 'Outside the Faith'

  In announcing its intention July 24 to withdraw from the Province 7 regional association of The Episcopal Church, the Diocese of Fort Worth was merely formalizing a deliberate practice that was first embraced some three years ago, according to the Very Rev. Ryan Reed, dean of St. Vincent’s Cathedral, Bedford, Texas, and president of the standing committee.

  Posted on July 26, 2006

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• Not Slowing Down

  For many, retirement means even more active ministry. (By Michael O’Loughlin)

  Posted on July 24, 2006

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• Care and Compassion in the Latter Stages of Life

  When our abilities to love selflessly are tested. (By Heather Newton)

  Posted on July 24, 2006

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• Record Heat and Crowd for Installation of Bishop of California

  The Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus is said to be wise, calm and a conciliator. If true, he will have the opportunity to demonstrate all three attributes in the months ahead. Bishop Andrus was invested July 22 as the eighth Bishop of California, a diocese with a multitude of races, creeds and colors surrounding San Francisco Bay.

  Posted on July 24, 2006

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