The Rt. Rev. Dean E. Wolfe, Bishop of Kansas, and a dozen other Episcopal clergy in the metropolitan Wichita area have issued a statement expressing sadness and horror at the shooting death of a prominent abortion doctor May 31 inside his church.
 
“We are deeply saddened and horrified by the killing of Dr. George Tiller while in his place of worship this past Sunday,” the clergy said. “We feel compelled to make this statement as witnesses to our faith, that we hold absolutely certain that violence will never prevail, and that darkness will not win.”
 
Dr. Tiller was shot to death in the foyer of Reformation Lutheran Church as he handed out bulletins. He was one of only a handful of U.S. doctors who performed abortions after the 21st week of pregnancy, and had been a target abortion protestors for decades. On June 1, police announced that they had a suspect in custody.
 
Bishop Wolfe, the 10 priests and two deacons said the shooting “was not a Christian act,” and they encouraged “all of our neighbors, in Wichita and beyond, across denominations and faiths,” to continue to conversation even in the midst of differing views.
 
“We feel assured that we can disagree without resorting to acts of violence,” they said.
 

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