‘I am beside myself with grief’
Bishop Keith L Ackerman, Bishop of Quincy in western Illinois, responds to the inhibition, by Katherine Jefferts Schori, of his 80 year old retired predecessor, Bishop Edward MacBurney.
“I am beside myself with grief over this unnecessary action taken against my predecessor especially at a time when he is mourning the death of his son this past Friday. Read more
Priest tells horror story of abandonment
When [the Rev. Harald Haugan] retired in 1999, he left behind a thriving congregation, one of the largest in the diocese. He was 67 then. Now he’s 76, a survivor of heart and other surgeries, but still, until the first of this year, vigorously involved with three unattached groups doing Bible studies and Communion. …
When he saw his name among those officially deposed by the liberal Bishop of Florida, the Rt. Rev John Howard, this week, the pain of it all came back to him with a rush. …
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