by Lauren Markoe | Jul 7, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Episcopal Church is rejecting charges that its top leader, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, mishandled the ordination of a former priest who is now accused of sexual abuse. Jefferts Schori has remained silent on the matter, which...
by Peggy McGlone | Apr 27, 2011 | News
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) Former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey—who famously announced he was “a gay American” when he resigned in 2004—will not be ordained into the Episcopal Church priesthood in the near future. McGreevey has completed a master of divinity degree and...
by Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian | Mar 18, 2011 | News
FERGUSON, Mo. (RNS) The Rev. Steve Lawler should have just given up chocolate or television for Lent. Instead, Lawler, the part-time rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, decided to adopt the rituals of Islam for 40 days to gain a deeper understanding of the...
by Daniel Burke | Jan 25, 2011 | News
(RNS) A handful of Anglican archbishops are boycotting a high-level meeting in Ireland this week (Jan. 25-30) to protest the Episcopal Church’s acceptance of openly gay and lesbian bishops. The Rev. Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, which...
by Kevin Eckstrom | Dec 6, 2010 | News
(RNS) The Miami priest once known as “Father Oprah,” who joined the Episcopal Church after his breaking his Catholic vow of celibacy, announced the birth of his first child on Thursday (Dec. 2). “With thanksgiving to God, the giver of all life, my wife and I announce...
