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NEWS ABOUT: homosexual clergy

homosexual clergy stories: 7 news summaries

Vatican Slams Sex Abuse in Other Religions

Pedophilia statement charges that most abusers are gay

Sep 29, 09 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican hit out at critics of its handling of the church's sexual abuse crisis yesterday, maintaining that most of its abusive clergymen were gay men and not pedophiles. The Holy See's UN representative cited "available research" that only 5% or less of its clergy were involved in... More »

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Catholic Church • Vatican • sexual abuse • homosexuality • clergy abuse scandal • priest sex abuse • homosexual clergy • pedophilia • gay men

Lutheran
Branch Allows 'Monogamous' Gays as Clergy

Branch is US' largest, with 4.8M members

Aug 21, 09 7:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The largest US Lutheran denomination will allow gays in “life-long, monogamous” relationships to serve in clergy and other leadership positions, the Washington Post reports. Delegates at the convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America approved the measure 559-451; the denomination, which has 4.8 million US members, previously... More »

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gay priests • clergy • homosexual clergy • Lutheran Church • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America • monogamy

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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women • Episcopal Church • Anglican • clergy • homosexual clergy • gay • Anglican Church in North America

Lutheran Panel Backs Gay Unions, 'Married' Gay Clerics

Task force seeks compromise on issue of non-celibate gay clergy

Feb 20, 09 3:27 AM CST
(Newser) - A task force from the nation's largest Lutheran denomination has recommended the church give its blessing to same-sex unions, reports the Los Angeles Times. The panel also recommended that the Evangelic Lutheran Church in America allow gays—currently only permitted to serve as clergy if they are celibate—to serve... More »

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gay marriage • homosexuality • Christians • clergy • homosexual clergy • Lutheran Church • gays • Bill Maher Grid

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

Insurer Rejects Church Over Gay Support

Fear of retaliation leads to denial of application for property coverage

Jan 8, 08 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - A Michigan church has been denied property insurance not because it sits on the wrong side of the tracks, but because its national governing body sanctions gay marriage and the ordination of homosexuals, reports the Wall Street Journal. Denials are normally reserved for high-risk applicants, and Brotherhood Mutual was concerned... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • church • insurance • United Church of Christ • property insurance • Brotherhood Mutual • homosexual rights • homosexual clergy

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