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Article: Gay bishop's consecration shakes up Episcopal Church
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 6, 2003
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Gay bishop's consecration shakes up Episcopal Church
Parishioners take sides, Anglicans set to cut ties
Associated Press
Saturday, December 6, 2003
In the month since becoming the first Christian denomination to
consecrate an openly gay bishop, the Episcopal Church has been
gripped by unprecedented tumult.
Episcopal parishioners are pitted against each other. Conservative
parishes and priests are at odds with their liberal bishops -- and
vice versa. And, at the national level, conservative bishops are
arguing with fellow prelates in the liberal majority.
Internationally, church leaders who represent tens of millions of
Anglicans have announced they are prepared to cut ties with the
Episcopal ...