St. Bartholomew’s breaks away from Episcopal Diocese

Posted on October 10, 2008 
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St. Bartholemew’s TonawandaMembers of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church will become the first [Diocese of Western New York] congregation to break ties with the Episcopal Church since the contentious 2003 ratification of an openly homosexual bishop by the national governing body…

With average weekend attendance of more than 500 people, St. Bart’s ranks as the largest Episcopal congregation in upstate New York.

– Report from The Buffalo News. See also George Conger’s report for Religious Intelligence.