In a public rebuke of the Episcopal Church, a conservative diocese has voted to affirm its membership in the worldwide Anglican Communion after distancing itself from the national church over the ordination of gays and women.
San Joaquin Bishop John-David Schofield called it a first step toward a formal break with the U.S. Anglican denomination, though the proposal makes just minor changes to the diocese's status.
Schofield, who refuses to ordain women and gays, has publicly accused the church's first female leader, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, of promoting "heresy." Under his leadership, the Fresno-based diocese has cut back funds sent to the national church and considered a plan to affiliate with an Anglican diocese in Argentina.
NewsMax.com
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