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Communion Partners on Bishop-elect Glasspool
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 3:49 pm
It is with profound sorrow that we, the Communion Partner Bishops and Rectors, express our deepest regret to our brothers and sisters in the Anglican Communion for the action of the majority of the diocesan bishops and standing committees of the dioceses of The Episcopal Church in voting to consent to the consecration as a bishop of a woman living in a sexual relationship outside Christian marriage.
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Communion Partner Response to the Consent for Consecration in Los Angeles
It is with profound sorrow that we, the Communion Partner Bishops and Rectors, express our deepest regret to our brothers and sisters in the Anglican Communion for the action of the majority of the diocesan bishops and standing committees of the dioceses of The Episcopal Church in voting to consent to the consecration as a bishop of a woman living in a sexual relationship outside Christian marriage. Unfortunately, where restraint was respectfully requested by the leadership of the Communion, it has been ignored. Where the General Convention has counseled study of the Anglican Covenant, this action has rendered that counsel moot.
Therefore, we disassociate ourselves from this action and grieve the state of separation that exists in The Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion. This separation is a witness to the need for the Anglican Covenant as the means through which dioceses and congregations in The Episcopal Church can affirm their commitment to the Anglican Communion.
The Rt. Rev. John C. Bauerschmidt
Bishop, Diocese of Tennessee
The Rt. Rev. Peter H. Beckwith
Retired, Diocese of Springfield
The Rt. Rev. William C. Frey
Assisting Bishop, Diocese of the Rio Grande
The Rt. Rev. Francis Gray
Retired, Diocese of Northern Indiana
The Rt. Rev. John W. Howe
Bishop, Diocese of Central Florida
The Rt. Rev. Edward S. Little
Bishop, Diocese of Northern Indiana
The Rt. Rev. William H. Love
Bishop, Diocese of Albany
The Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus
Bishop, Diocese of Fond du Lac
The Rt. Rev. Paul E. Lambert
Bishop Suffragan, Diocese of Dallas
The Rt. Rev. D. Bruce MacPherson
Bishop, Diocese of Western Louisiana
The Rt. Rev. Michael G. Smith
Bishop, Diocese of North Dakota
The Rt. Rev. James M. Stanton
Bishop, Diocese of Dallas
The Communion Partner Rectors’ Advisory Committee
The Rev. Dr. Charles D. Alley
Rector, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Richmond, Va.
The Rt. Rev. Anthony Burton
Rector, The Church of the Incarnation
Dallas, Texas
The Very Rev. Anthony Clark
Dean, Cathedral Church of St. Luke
Orlando, Fla.
The Rev. Dr. Russell Levenson, Jr.
Rector, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
Houston, Texas
The Rev. Brooks Keith
Rector, Church of the Transfiguration
Vail, Colo.
The Rev. Leigh Spruill
Rector, St. George’s Episcopal Church
Nashville, Tenn.
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