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Episcopal Church stories: 20 news summaries

LA Episcopal Church Tests Gay Policy

Leaders submit gay, lesbian for posts
despite warnings

Aug 2, 09 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Testing a new policy that permits gay and lesbian clergy, Episcopal Church leaders in Los Angeles nominated one of each today, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 70,000-member Diocese of Los Angeles picked Rev. John L. Kirkley and Rev. Canon Mary Douglas Glasspool as two of six contenders for... More »

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Episcopal Church Lifts
Ban on Gay Bishops

Deeper rift with conservatives looms

Jul 15, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leaders of the Episcopal Church voted overwhelmingly yesterday to allow the ordination of gay and lesbian bishops, risking further fissures with conservative parishes and the Anglican Communion. The new policy reverses a 2006 compromise that prohibited the consecration of homosexual clergy, in line with other Anglican churches. Episcopalians will vote... More »

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Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • Gene Robinson • Christian conservatives • Episcopalian • clergy • bishop • homosexual clergy • gay

Episcopal Splinter Group
to Ban Gay, Female Clergy

Ex-Pittsburgh bishop
to lead new church

Jun 22, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of former Episcopal parishes are meeting to form the Anglican Church in North America this week, parting ways with their previous church to ban women and gays in the clergy. Robert Duncan, the former bishop of Pittsburgh, is leading the congregation of 300—including 50 bishops—and is expected... More »

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(Newser) - In scarcely more than a month, Alberto Cutié has gone from celebrity priest to sex scandal poster boy to Episcopalian—now he can add boring old married guy to his resume, reports the AP. The Miami priest who left the Catholic Church amid a racy photo scandal married his secret... More »

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Episcopal Church • marriage • Catholicism • priest • Roman Catholic Church • Alberto Cutié • celibacy • Ruhama Buni Canellis

'Father Oprah,' Fiancée Set Wedding Date

Former Catholic cleric plans Episcopalian nuptials

Jun 12, 09 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The onetime Catholic priest whose cavorting with his then-girlfriend led to his departure from the church is headed for the altar—as the groom. The Rev. Alberto Cutié, aka the "kissing priest," and his girlfriend of 2 years plan to wed this month in the Episcopal church,... More »

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Catholic Church • Episcopal Church • Miami • God • Episcopalian • scandal • Roman Catholic Church • Catholic priest • Alberto Cutié • celibacy • Ruhama Buni Canellis

'Church Is About Forgiveness': Kissing Priest

'Father Oprah' gives first Episcopal sermon to standing ovation

May 31, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - His Catholic parish was scandalized when photos surfaced of the Rev. Alberto Cutié cavorting on the beach with a 35-year-old divorceé, but his new Episcopalian flock greeted his first sermon this morning with a standing ovation, reports the Miami Herald. From the altar of Miami’s Episcopal Church of... More »

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Catholic Church • Episcopal Church • Miami • God • scandal • Alberto Cutié • celibacy

 Kissing Fla. Priest Joins 
 Episcopal Church 

He's expected to marry girlfriend and keep preaching

May 28, 09 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Miami priest who sparked a debate on celibacy earlier this month when he was caught kissing and embracing a woman has left the Roman Catholic church to join the more liberal Episcopalians. The latter doesn’t require chastity for priests, and Alberto Cutié is expected to announce that he’... More »

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Episcopal Church • Roman Catholic Church • Catholic priest • Alberto Cutié • celibacy

 Obamas Head to Episcopal Church for Easter Services

St. John's, across from White House, also where family worshiped on Inauguration Day

Apr 12, 09 12:39 PM CDT
(AP) - President Barack Obama and his family celebrated Easter today at St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House. The Obamas left the White House at midmorning for services. St. John's is popular with presidents—it's where President George W. Bush often attended services. Obama hasn't attended public church services... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington DC • Episcopal Church • church • St. John's • Obama family

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 Obamas Head to Church 

Prez-elect follows presidential tradition

Jan 20, 09 8:24 AM CST
(AP) - As massive crowds swarmed the National Mall to witness Barack Obama's inauguration as president, the man at the center of the maelstrom began the day with his wife at a private service at St. John’s Episcopal Church across the street from the White House, a tradition for those about... More »

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Michelle Obama • Episcopal Church • church • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day • Obama family • Isabel Toledo

Openly Gay Bishop Tapped for Inauguration

Robinson will speak Sunday, has been critical of Warren

Jan 12, 09 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has asked Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the only openly gay Episcopal bishop, to deliver the invocation at the opening event of Inauguration Week, the Boston Globe reports. Robinson had been among those who criticized Obama for asking same-sex marriage opponent Rick Warren to deliver the main inaugural... More »

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Barack Obama • gay marriage • Episcopal Church • Gene Robinson • Episcopalian • inauguration • Rick Warren • gays • President Obama

(AP) - Theological conservatives upset by liberal views of US Episcopalians and Canadian Anglicans formed a rival North American province today. The development is the culmination of a five-year rift that erupted when Episcopalians in New Hampshire consecrated the first openly gay bishop. The split represents a new challenge to the already... More »

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Episcopal Church • gay priests • Gene Robinson • Church of England

Gay Bishop, Obama Discuss Dangers of Being 'First'

Obama camp sought out Robinson three times

Nov 6, 08 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama had three private conversations with the Episcopal Church’s only openly gay bishop during the campaign to discuss what it meant to be "first," the Times of London reports. “The first words out of his mouth were: ‘Well you’re certainly causing a lot... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • Gene Robinson • Obama 2008 • President Obama

Episcopal Priest Faces Ban for Practicing Islam

Seattle cleric considers faiths compatible

Oct 10, 08 5:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Episcopal priest who also practices Islam will likely be defrocked, the Seattle Times reports. "I'm still following Jesus in being a Muslim," said Ann Holmes Redding, who has been a priest for almost 25 years. "I have not abandoned that." But the local... More »

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Heckler Halts Gay Bishop's London Sermon

Episcopal rift over homosexuality roils upcoming conference

Jul 14, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - He was uninvited to the Anglican Church's big, once-a-decade Lambeth Conference next week, but New Hampshire’s gay Episcopal bishop decided cheerfully to go anyway, to be a “constant and friendly reminder” of gays in the sect. Not so cheerful was the heckler who interrupted his sermon in London... More »

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Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • religion • protests • Gene Robinson • Archbishop of Canterbury • bishop • hecklers

Conservatives Break With Anglican Church

Debate over homosexuality leads to schism 'in all but name'

Jun 30, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Traditionalist Anglican bishops, most of them representing the developing world, have broken away from the Anglican communion and formed their own global church. Galvanized by the consecration of Gene Robinson, the openly gay bishop of New Hampshire, the disgruntled clergymen have formed the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, which rejects the... More »

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Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • religion • Gene Robinson • Archbishop of Canterbury • homosexual clergy

 Gay Episcopal
 Bish Weds Partner 

Civil union in church with 20-year partner

Jun 9, 08 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Hampshire's openly gay Episcopal bishop has tied the knot with his longtime partner in a civil union. Undercover police were among the 120 guests at the private ceremony in case of trouble, reports the Concord Monitor. The civil ceremony by a justice uniting Bishop Gene Robinson and his partner... More »

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gay marriage • New Hampshire • Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • Mark Andrew • Gene Robinson • civil union • Anglican church conference • Lambeth Conference

California Episcopals Split Over
Gay Rights

Legal battles likely to ensue after
diocese breaks with church

Dec 8, 07 6:13 PM CST
(Newser) - A California diocese split with the Episcopal Church today over its defense of gay and women's rights, Reuters reports. The Diocese of San Joaquin, home to 47 churches and 8,800 congregants around Fresno, voted for the break by a vote of 173-22 among delegates. “This is the first... More »

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gay rights • California • Episcopal Church • gay priests • Episcopalian

Chicago Episcopalians
Pass on
Lesbian Bishop

But new bish calls for 'full inclusion' of gays

Nov 11, 07 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Chicago’s Episcopal Diocese today passed up lesbian Tracey Lind for its bishop post, instead electing popular Midwest-native Jeffrey Lee. But Lee is a firm supporter of gay inclusion, much to conservatives’ chagrin. “I believe God is calling us to full inclusion of gays and lesbians in ministry of... More »

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gay rights • Chicago • Episcopal Church • gay priests • Anglican Church

Episcopalians Affirm Gay Rights Stand

But pledge 'restraint'
in naming gay bishops  to avoid schism

Sep 26, 07 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Episcopal leaders wrapping up their meeting in New Orleans yesterday pledged to “exercise restraint” in selecting gay bishops and blessing same-sex marriages, but declined to disavow either practice. The move was designed to appease Anglicans, who sought a ban. “This is a ‘try to keep your foot... More »

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gay rights • Episcopal Church • gay priests • Anglican Church • Anglican • Episcopalian

McGreevey Makes a Leap
Of Faith

Gay former N.J. governor to become
an Episcopal priest

May 3, 07 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - James McGreevey, who resigned as New Jersey governor to avoid being outed by a former gay lover, plans to become an Episcopalian priest. McGreevey, who had been a Catholic, was received into the faith at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan Sunday, and has been accepted into the Master of Divinity... More »

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New Jersey • James McGreevy • Episcopal Church • gay priests • religion • custody

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