The Episcopal Church announces four candidates for presiding bishop
United States RNS Four candidates have been selected to stand for election as the 28th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the denomination’s highest office. The nominees include Bishop J Scott Barker of the Diocese of Nebraska, Bishop Daniel GP Gutiérrez of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, Bishop Sean Rowe of the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania […]
In the US, the Episcopal Church takes steps to improve protocols for bishop misconduct
RNS After months of allegations that it lacks a credible process for disciplining its bishops, the Episcopal Church is taking steps to make it simpler to report misconduct, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said in an announcement on Thursday. “Given the current atmosphere, I have chosen to exercise my canonical discretion to adopt a general protocol for […]
US Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry subject of clergy misconduct complaint over handling of allegations
United States RNS Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, head of the Episcopal Church, is the subject of an internal clergy misconduct complaint for his response to abuse allegations against Bishop Prince Singh, the former Bishop of the Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan. Singh resigned in September after allegations that he had physically and emotionally abused his ex-wife […]
Responding to abuse: In the US, the Episcopal Church reckons with tangled protocol on clergy abuse and accountability
As the denomination evaluates its Title IV clergy misconduct policy, abuse survivors say the process needs to be trauma-informed. KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports…
In the US, Tyre Nichols police beating video prompts faith leaders to react with grief, goals
United StatesRNS Religious leaders reacted swiftly – with legislative appeals and collective grief – to the release of video footage of police officers beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died days after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. An image of Tyre Nichols and the words “JUSTICE FOR TYRE NICHOLS” are projected onto a […]
At Lambeth, Anglican Communion abandons vote on same-sex marriage
Canterbury England RNS The prejudice felt by gay people over same-sex marriage is the new racism, according to the head of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, in an interview with Religion News Service on Tuesday, said that in the United States, “the issue of gay […]
“Colin loved the church”: Powell recalled as Episcopalian at cathedral funeral
Washington DC, USRNS Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell, known as a four-star general and as a one-time Secretary of State, was remembered at his funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Friday as a man of the Episcopal faith. Longtime colleague and friend Richard Armitage, who served as deputy secretary of state […]
In the US, Episcopal Diocese of Chicago postpones consecration of bishop-elect after brain bleed
Chicago, USRNS The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago in the US has postponed the consecration and ordination of Rev Canon Paula E Clark, the first Black bishop and the first woman chosen to lead the diocese, after Clark suffered a brain bleed in April. Clark was elected bishop in December and scheduled to be consecrated on 24th April. […]