Episcopal leader defends approval of gay bishop

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: August 30, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

NEW YORK - The head of the Episcopal Church is defending the denomination's decision to confirm its first openly gay bishop in a letter to U.S. clergy and his fellow Anglican leaders around the world.

Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold told the 37 leaders, called primates, that a "blessing" can come from the controversy over the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, bishop-elect of New Hampshire. Robinson has lived with his male partner for more than 13 years.

"I must say in the strongest possible terms that if I believed in any part of my being that the consent to this election was unfaithful to an authentic ...

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