Bishop of North Dakota upholds Scriptures

Posted on April 12, 2008 
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Bishop Michael Smith, North DakotaDavid Ould reports on Bishop Michael Smith of North Dakota and the lesbian priest.

Bishop Smith has written a letter “to the people of God in the Diocese of North Dakota” explaining why he will not be cowed –

For the second time in three weeks a priest of the church has gone to the secular news media with a protest about my policy and expectations for the sexual behavior of clergy in this diocese: “Faithfulness for those called to marriage and abstinence from sexual relationships for those not called to marriage.”

Read about it at Stand Firm. (Photo: Diocese of North Dakota.)