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Diocese of Florida Reveals Names of Inhibited Clergy

Diocese of Florida Reveals Names of Inhibited Clergy
More than 5,000 Episcopalians have left the Diocese and TEC since 2003

By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
1/14/2008

The Bishop of the Diocese of Florida, Samuel Johnson Howard, has sent out a letter, which VOL has obtained, inhibiting 22 clergy for "the abandonment of the communion of this church", including some retired distinguished clergy who were never informed of their inhibition until the letter landed in their mail boxes.

Here is the list:

The Rev. David C. Allert, Priest
The Rev. Charles S. Bailey, Deacon
The Rev. Gary R. Blaylock, Priest
The Rev. Charles H. Coit, Priest
The Rev. Gilbert T. Crosby, Priest
The Rev. Mark R. Eldredge, Priest
The Rev. Mark Travis Greenman, Priest
The Rev. Edwin C. Griswold, Priest
The Rev. George W. Hall, Jr., Priest
The Rev. Harald K. Haugan, Priest
The Rev. Dorothy Head, Deacon
The Rev. James L. Hobby, Priest
The Rev. Sharon S. Hobby, Priest
The Rev. W. Hall Hunt, Priest
The Rev. Neil G. Lebhar, Priest
The Rev. Patrina A. McCarty, Deacon
The Rev. Lawrence E. O'Connell, Priest
The Rev. William Earl Palmer, Priest
The Rev. James M. Parker, Priest
The Rev. Shawn E. Porter, Priest
The Rev. Leonard Eugene Strickland, Priest
The Rev. George W. Stockhowe, Jr., Priest

All these priests were inhibited on September 13, 2007, for a period of six months by Bishop Howard. On March 13, they will be officially deposed.

When one priest called and made an appointment to go see him, Howard ripped him to shreds for leading a Bible study at an Anglican congregation, VOL was told.

"Whatever happened to Jesus saying that 'he that is not against me is for me'? These are people who have given their whole life to the Episcopal Church and to be treated like that shows his true colors?" said a retired priest who lives in the diocese.

As of January 14, the Anglican Alliance of North Florida reported that 21 congregations. with 41 clergy, had left the diocese and TEC. The grand total for all departed clergy stands at 50.

Non-ECUSA Congregations - 20 with 39 clergy

All Saints Anglican Church (formerly St. Francis of Assisi), Tallahassee - Gil Crosby, Trina McCarthy (Kenya)

All Souls Anglican Church, JAX - Gene Strickland, Larry O'Connell, Charles Bailey (Deacon), Dorie Head (Deacon), George Hall (Ret), Whitey Haugan (Ret, ECUSA)

Anglican Beaches Church, JAX Beach - Gary Blaylock (Kajiado, Kenya)

Calvary Anglican Church, JAX - Shawn Porter (Madi-West Nile, Uganda)

Christ's Anglican Church (formerly St. Bartholomew's), High Springs - Michael LaCagnina (Recife, Southern Cone)

Christ Church (Anglican), JAX (formerly Epiphany and Christ the King), JAX - Mark Eldredge, Rob Sanders (Rwanda), AnnStewart Hemphill (Deacon, Recife, Southern Cone)

Christ Church, Savannah - Marc Robertson, Layne Hansen, Greg Malley (Deacon), Sally Lufburrow (Deacon) (Soroti, Uganda)

Christ the King (formerly St.Cyprian's), St. Augustine - David Allert (Nigeria)

Church of the Good Samaritan (Anglican), Orange Park - Hall Hunt (Kenya)

Grace Church (Anglican) Orange Park - Jon Shuler, David Freels (Rwanda)

Holy Cross Anglican Church (formerly Church of the Advent), Tallahassee - Bob Coon, Travis Boline

Immanuel Church (formerly St. Anne's), Keystone Heights - Whitey Haugan (Province Pending).

Nativity Church, JAX - Gary Blaylock (Kajiado, Kenya)

Redeemer Anglican Church, JAX - Neil Lebhar, Jim McCaslin (Dean in Residence) (Madi-West Nile, Uganda)

St. Barnabas Church (formerly St. Paul's), JAX - John Eason (Kenya)

St. Luke's Community of Life, Tallahassee - Jim Needham (South Rwenzori, Uganda).

Servants of Christ (formerly St. Michael's), Gainesville - Alex Farmer, Ted Griswold (Kenya), Sherry Adams (Rwanda), James Manley (Deacon, Kenya)

St. Peter's Anglican Church (formerly St. John's), Tallahassee - Eric Dudley, Michael Petty, Jim Hampson, John Wallace (South Rwenzori, Uganda)

St. Peter's Anglican Church (formerly St. James), Macclenny - Mike Webb (Deacon-in-Charge, Kenya)

Trinity Anglican (formerly St. Thomas), Thomasville, GA - Jim Hobby, Shari Hobby (South Rwezori, Uganda)

ECUSA - 1 with 2 clergy St. Teresa's Church, Tallahassee - John Spicer, Bob Huguenin (Prison Ministry)

INDIVIDUAL CLERGY - 9

Non-ECUSA - 7

Sherry Adams (South Rwenzori, Uganda) Lynne Ashmead (Thika, Kenya) Charlie Coit (Kenya) Simon Deng, (Sudan) Travis Greenman (Rwanda) Jeff May (Bolivia, Southern Cone) Jim Parker (Kenya)

ECUSA - 2

Marvin Boyd Pete Wait (Central Florida)

TOTAL CLERGY - 50

About 5,000 parishioners have left the diocese and TEC since 2003 over the church's failure to acknowledge the authority of Scripture, and the consecration of homoerotic V. Gene Robinson to the episcopacy.

The diocese claims to have 75 parishes with baptized members numbering 32,000. Average Sunday Attendance is about 12,700.

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