ALBUQUERQUE: Episcopal Church Members 'Betrayed'
ALBUQUERQUE: Episcopal Church Members 'Betrayed'
By Olivier Uyttebrouck,
Journal Staff Writer
http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/01/17/news/episcopal-church-members-betrayed.html
January 17, 2012
The Rev. Jeffrey Steenson's announcement three years ago to step down as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande to become a Catholic priest shocked and saddened many New Mexican Episcopalians.
Now many of those same people feel "betrayed" by Pope Benedict XVI's recent appointment of Steenson to head a special Roman Catholic diocese for disaffected Episcopalians.
Church leaders say the announcement reopened old wounds and created new ones among Episcopalians here.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Olivier Uyttebrouck,
Journal Staff Writer
http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/01/17/news/episcopal-church-members-betrayed.html
January 17, 2012
The Rev. Jeffrey Steenson's announcement three years ago to step down as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande to become a Catholic priest shocked and saddened many New Mexican Episcopalians.Now many of those same people feel "betrayed" by Pope Benedict XVI's recent appointment of Steenson to head a special Roman Catholic diocese for disaffected Episcopalians.
Church leaders say the announcement reopened old wounds and created new ones among Episcopalians here.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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