DIOCESE OF WESTERN MICHIGAN: The Inglorious Reign of Bishop Robert Gepert
DIOCESE OF WESTERN MICHIGAN: The Inglorious Reign of Bishop Robert Gepert
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
March 16, 2011
The lineup of disastrous bishops in The Episcopal Church continues to grow with each passing year. One wonders if there is an end to the Jo Mo Dosses, Orris Walkers, Charles Bennisons, Jack Spongs, Michael Garrisons, Otis Charleses and Rob O'Neills of this church who inhabit a diocese, watch as it plunges like a penny stock and then bail out with fat pensions.
Hardly a single old guard liberal bishop is making it to the compulsory age of 72. They are pushing the eject button in their mid to late 60s, not wishing to be around when their dioceses finally sink into oblivion. How much money from dwindling mission budgets and trust funds are they willing to spend before they notice there is nothing left obliging them to cut deals (as they have in Pittsburgh and New Jersey over property disputes) despite fierce opposition from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
March 16, 2011
Hardly a single old guard liberal bishop is making it to the compulsory age of 72. They are pushing the eject button in their mid to late 60s, not wishing to be around when their dioceses finally sink into oblivion. How much money from dwindling mission budgets and trust funds are they willing to spend before they notice there is nothing left obliging them to cut deals (as they have in Pittsburgh and New Jersey over property disputes) despite fierce opposition from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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