Friday, January 26, 2007

Episcopal Church bars 21 clergy from duties

Acting like Democratic politicans, Islamic Holy Warriors, or mafiosi the leadership of the Episcopal church continues to play hardball with anyone it doesn't like.

Katherine Schori, and the Bishop of Virginia, the Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee, have inhibited 21 priests in the Diocese of Virginia who have publically disagreed with the liberal direction the church is going.

"Jim Pierobon, a spokesman for some of the departed Northern Virginia churches, said, "We at The Falls Church were preparing to offer a service, presided over by an Episcopal priest who remains on our staff, for the handful of folks who disagreed with our decision in mid-December to separate from the denomination.

"But Peter Lee has now cut off our ability to accommodate those whom he says need pastoral care. Once again, Peter Lee appears to be working at cross-purposes," Pierobon added.

The diocese's standing committee met last week to consider the status of the clergy and determined that the clerics had abandoned the Episcopal Church."

The Richmond Times Dispatch

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