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Connecticut Episcopalians Defy Bishop Over Gay Issues
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| Contributor | particleman |
| Last Edited | particleman Apr 14, 2005 10:07pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Friday, April 15, 2005 04:05:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ARIEN, Conn. - At a morning service on Tuesday in St. Paul's Church here, a worshiper read a poem urging his pastor to stand firm against the moral decay embodied by the local bishop and the church's national leadership. Fifty miles away in Watertown, a pastor drew chuckles when he asked his flock to pray for the bishop, who has threatened to silence him for his defiance.
All told, six Episcopal churches have rejected the authority of the bishop of the Connecticut Diocese and stopped paying their diocesan dues because of the bishop's liberal views on homosexuality and his support for a gay bishop in New Hampshire.
The bishop, Andrew D. Smith, has responded by threatening to remove the pastors of those congregations from their pulpits if they do not rejoin the fold by Friday. The Rev. Christopher Leighton, the rector of St. Paul's, says a reconciliation will not happen without supernatural intervention. "It would be a miracle," he said. "There's no doubt about it." |
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