WASHINGTON: Episcopal bishop defends record in abuse case
WASHINGTON: Episcopal bishop defends record in abuse case
By Lauren Markoe
http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/episcopal-bishop-defends-record-abuse-case
July 7, 2011
The Episcopal Church is rejecting charges that its top leader, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, mishandled the ordination of a former priest who is now accused of sexual abuse.
Jefferts Schori has remained silent on the matter, which surfaced after an alleged victim filed suit last month against a Benedictine monastery in Missouri where the priest, the Rev. Bede Parry, once lived.
Parry, a former Catholic monk, was ordained as an Episcopal priest in Nevada in 2004, when Jefferts Schori was the local bishop before her 2006 election as presiding bishop.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Lauren Markoe
http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/episcopal-bishop-defends-record-abuse-case
July 7, 2011
The Episcopal Church is rejecting charges that its top leader, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, mishandled the ordination of a former priest who is now accused of sexual abuse.
Jefferts Schori has remained silent on the matter, which surfaced after an alleged victim filed suit last month against a Benedictine monastery in Missouri where the priest, the Rev. Bede Parry, once lived.
Parry, a former Catholic monk, was ordained as an Episcopal priest in Nevada in 2004, when Jefferts Schori was the local bishop before her 2006 election as presiding bishop.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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