Fresno bishop barred from carrying out religious duties for Episcopal Church

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The prelate led his diocese's vote to secede last year. A final judgment is expected in March.
By Rebecca Trounson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
January 12, 2008

The bishop whose Fresno-based diocese voted in December to leave the Episcopal Church was formally banned Friday from carrying out any ecclesiastical duties for the church, officials said.

Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori took the interim step after a review committee found that Bishop John-David Schofield had abandoned the communion of the church by leading his diocese to the recent secession vote, said the Rev. Charles Robertson, the presiding bishop's canon.

On Dec. 8, the Diocese of San Joaquin, with 47 parishes, became the first in the nation to secede from the Episcopal Church ...

Robertson said Friday's action, known as "inhibition," meant that Schofield was prohibited from performing any religious duties at least until early March, when the church's bishops are expected to render a final judgment in his case ...

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-episcopal12jan12,1,3434680.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

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1. ...

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[struggle4progress]

3. Yep

[frebrd]

2. ...

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[xchrom]

4. lol -- i know, huh?

maybe the nigerian bishop can give him a diocese in africa.

or course he wouldn't want that.

[Warpy]

5. Depends on who he hates worse

Gay folks or black folks.

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6. you just FEEL the tension.

i love it.

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7. Good one!. . . . n/t

[JerseygirlCT]

9. He thinks Venables has handed him one still located in CA...

in fact, he seemed to think he could keep the diocese and lose the church...

Sorry, dude, you lose!

[xchrom]

11. happy dance

:woohoo:

[JerseygirlCT]

8. YES!

Hard for him to show up and fire any more priests this way, won't it be?

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10. San Joaquin's remaining Episcopalians to gather for reconciliation, inclusion, celebration

A January 26 gathering of continuing Episcopalians in the Diocese of San Joaquin and national church leaders, "Moving Forward, Welcoming All," will focus on reconciliation, inclusion, and celebration, event organizers said ...

Samantha Bland, a parishioner at Christ the King Church in Riverbank, a host site for the listening tour, said the presence of both Moore and Anderson is "a gracious gift" desperately needed and much appreciated.

"I have never in my life felt so incredibly spiritually abused as I have in the last four months, it has shaken me to the core," she said. "We don't all have to be of one single mind, or close the door to people because we view things differently." ...

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_93539_ENG_HTM.htm

[TechBear_Seattle]

12. Schofield is now officially a heretic

Couldn't happen to a more deserving hypocrite. :toast:

[Hellenic_Pagan]

13. ...

:woohoo:

Glad the Episcopals have taken a stand FOR human rights and inclusivity!

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Oh! techbear you're right! this does mean that now the fundie-leaning xians are now heretics. Awesome!

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