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June 07 2006 By virtueonline PENNSYLVANIA: No Refuge For Anglicans Seeking Unity With Rome

"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.

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June 07 2006 By virtueonline Victims Call on Clergy to Sign Bennison Resignation Letter

"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.

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June 03 2006 By virtueonline LEXINGTON, KY: Stacy Sauls & The Stripper

A 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.

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June 03 2006 By virtueonline CALIFORNIA: Bishop Swing Asks Rev. John Bennison To Resign

Joelle 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.

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June 01 2006 By virtueonline PENNSYLVANIA: Suppressed Diocesan Management Letters Revealed

The 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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June 01 2006 By virtueonline A TALE OF TWO BISHOPS: Clarity on Homosexuality Could Lead to Schism

He told a national Latimer Fellowship conference in Christchurch that the real reason this is a make or break issue has to do with the teachings of the Bible. "The biblical ideal of sexual relationships specifically excludes same-sex relationships. The biblical teaching makes this a matter of spiritual life and death. That is crystal clear from both the Old and New Testaments," he said.

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May 30 2006 By virtueonline NUMBERS, NUMBERS, NUMBERS!

To make that happen, the Rev. Canon David Roseberry has organized a cadre of orthodox clergy voices, 1,000 plus, from 83 dioceses who have not bowed the knee to 815, 2nd avenue in New York, and they have signed a petition urging ECUSA's bishops not to approve any more gay bishops or bless same-sex unions.

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May 28 2006 By virtueonline CALIFORNIA: Bishop-Elect Andrus Had Confidentiality Agreement When Curate in PA

When VOL first learned of the story in 2001 (after Andrus had left Redeemer,) I phoned the bishop in Alabama to ask about the charges. At the time Andrus broke down and said this was a horrible time in his life and please spare me this embarrassment. VOL did not pursue the story.

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May 24 2006 By virtueonline No Two-Track Church to Heal Divisions, Says ACC Leader

"The potential for a covenant arrangement to entail a difference between those who might wish to sign and those who might not is recognized as a complication, and consideration of this challenge will have to form part of that exploration," he wrote. "That is a long way indeed from saying that the Communion is preparing for a two-tier approach and further still from saying that the Archbishop of Canterbury backs it."

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May 22 2006 By virtueonline NEWARK: Episcopal Church's Leading Sodomite Advocate Promotes Same-Sex Rite

"We, A.B. and C.D., desiring to receive the blessing of Holy Matrimony in the Church, do solemnly declare that we hold marriage to be a lifelong union of (husband and wife deleted) two persons as it is set forth in the Book of Common Prayer.

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