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Defrocked Episcopal Priest Sues His Lawyer

(Jan. 4) -- A former Episcopal priest in suburban Philadelphia who lost a legal battle with his bishop has filed a malpractice suit against the attorney who represented him in the case. The Rev. David Moyer of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rosemont -- who has spoken out against liberal trends in the Episcopal Church...

Lesbian Elected Episcopal Bishop in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 5) -- The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a lesbian as assistant bishop, underscoring Episcopal commitment to accepting same-sex relationships despite enormous pressure from other Anglicans to change that stand. Saturday's election of the Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore as the second...

Episcopal Church News From the Web

05/16/12 TEXAS: Austin Episcopal church may bless same-sex... Source: VirtueOnline St. David's Episcopal Church of Austin would be among the first Episcopal congregations in Texas allowed to offer a liturgy blessing same-sex unions if the Episcopal Church, as expected, approves the trial rite at its general convention in July. The Rt. Rev. Andy Doyle, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, has named only one other church, St. Stephen's Episcopal in Houston, as among the first with permission to bless same-gender covenants.
02/23/12 Churches bring Ash Wednesday to people on the go Source: Daily Herald - Glen Ellyn IL The Rev. Bill Nesbit keeps his hands warm and his thumb at the ready as his St. Charles Episcopal Church does Ashes to Go at the Geneva train station for Ash Wednesday.
01/11/12 Fairfax Court Rules Decisively for Episcopal Diocese... Source: Falls Church News-Press - Falls Church VA In a critical, precedent-setting decision Tuesday, Judge Randy Bellows of the Fairfax Circuit Court ruled in favor of the Episcopal Church Diocese of Virginia in its years-long effort to recover Episcopal church property, including the land and buildings of the historic Falls Church located downtown in the City of Falls Church.
04/21/11 OHIO: Court rules in favor of Episcopal Church,... Source: VirtueOnline Court rules in favor of Episcopal Church, diocese in property disputes By Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service April 20, 2011 An Ohio judge has ruled that five congregations in which the majority of members and clergy left the Episcopal Church and then sought to retain church property are not entitled to keep that property.

Background on Episcopal Church

The Episcopal Church (also officially known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America) is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States (including its unincorporated territories), but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe.

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