[Apologetics] FW diocese votes against Episcopal leadership

[Art Kelly]

FW diocese votes against Episcopal leadership

By DAVID MICHAEL COHEN
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER

Within hours of the election of the first female
presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Diocese
of Fort Worth voted to seek leadership elsewhere in
the Anglican world.

If the request is approved, the diocese would be the
first to break ties with the American church.

The elevation of Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori to
presiding bishop on Sunday was the last straw for one
of the most conservative Episcopal dioceses in the
nation. Fort Worth's is one of three dioceses that
does not recognize female priests, much less bishops.

The diocese's Standing Committee, in Columbus, Ohio,
for the church's triennial General Convention,
unanimously adopted a resolution asking for
alternative leadership Sunday night.

On Monday, Fort Worth Bishop Jack Iker and Deputy Judy
Mayo each read the resolution to one house of the
church's bicameral General Convention, Suzanne Gill,
Iker's spokeswoman, said by phone.

For the diocese to leave, it would need the approval
of Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the
spiritual leader of the 73 million-member Anglican
Communion, of which the Episcopal Church is the
American branch.

The complete article is at
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/14867625.htm



                           
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