Most readers will have heard that the U.S. Episcopal Church has now decided to be simply The Episcopal Church (TEC, instead of ECUSA). Add to this the 16 flags that formed the backdrop of the dais in the House of Deputies, and things start to become clearer. (There was no cross as at previous conventions - geography trumps the faith).
Read moreI find his mood and hope for a "miracle" very ironic, he told VOL.
Indeed he should. The truth is, Candler rolled over to the LesBiGay agenda a long time ago and he has watched, for his sins, the slow disappearance of folk from his cathedral in Atlanta.
Candler recently wrote "The Episcopal Church, like other historical churches, is where people go through graceful changes of life together...We share a history of ups and downs together." Really.
Read more"In the case of Griswold, you will find that many on the left resent him more than those on the right, who in a sense do not have to put up with him," he wrote.
He then said the following things:
Read moreThere was nothing done illegally by Bennison, but canons were clearly violated in the way money was taken from different trust funds to pay for the general operating budget, said Bill Wood, President of the Standing Committee. "Procedures were not followed; there was clearly a violation of Canon Law."
"There is no cause for action in civil law, but there are signs that canon law was violated," said Wood.
Read more"To look at scripture through the exclusive lens of "bonds of affection" and not also the "bonds of faith" would mean that [the Apostle] Paul must express regret for the hurt he caused Peter in the confrontation over "table fellowship with Gentiles." Paul would also be guilty in his rebuke of the Judaizers in Galatians and Jesus himself seemed insensitive to the affection he owed to the Sadducees and Pharisees."
Read more"Clearly we were disappointed, but after further conversations during the Conference we understand that our task is to take the initiative towards the Holy See to seek some creative type of expansion of the Pastoral Provision. I remain hopeful of a way forward," said TAC Bishop David Moyer, rector of the Anglo-Catholic parish of Church of the Good Shepherd in Rosemont, PA.
Read more"We have unequivocal proof that you never reported your brother's sexual molestation of a minor to law enforcement or to the Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles, even though you were mandated by law to do so. You feared for the safety of your own job and sought to protect yourself and your brother, as evidenced by the letters you wrote in 1979 and 1992, which are now in the possession of the Presiding Bishop, your Standing Committee and the Press.
Read moreA scantily clad woman waltzed down the horseshoe shaped runway and approached the wannabe priest, undressing herself as she strutted her stuff. By the time she reached Sauls she was devoid of most of her clothing. She squatted in front of the future bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Read moreJoelle Casteix of Newport Beach, CA, the Southwest Regional Director of SNAP (Survivors' Network of those Abused by Priests) accused the Episcopal Diocese of California of a cover up in the Episcopal Church in California and wrote VOL.
Read moreThe source also revealed that litigation expenses run up by Bennison against two parishes - St. James the Less in East Philadelphia and the rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rosemont - totaled nearly $1 million ($956,871.15) with the law firm of Drinker, Biddle, for zero gain to the diocese. St. James has had to close its doors as no one has turned up to two morning services and the temporary priest Fr. Robert Offerle has since left town. The entire congregation left with Fr.
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