General Convention Sends Canons Allowing the Easy Removal of Bishops to Sub-Ctte
General Convention Sends Canons Allowing the Easy Removal of Bishops to Sub-Committee
No Increased power for Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
By Sarah Frances Ives
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
July 10, 2012
Proposed canons called Dissolution of an Episcopal relationship (B021) that would have increased the Presiding Bishop's power in removing any bishop from a diocese were sent to a sub-committee this evening, likely ending these new canons.
The debates about this Resolution B021 began in the morning session on July 10, 2012. The proposed canons would allow the removal of any bishop from his or her diocese in about five months, which is faster than the previous time of fourteen months. Jefferts Schori would have increased power of choosing a bishop for a committee that would have formed a resolution against a bishop. This new process could have canonically forced the resignation of any Diocesan Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor, or Suffragan Bishop.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
No Increased power for Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
By Sarah Frances Ives
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
July 10, 2012
Proposed canons called Dissolution of an Episcopal relationship (B021) that would have increased the Presiding Bishop's power in removing any bishop from a diocese were sent to a sub-committee this evening, likely ending these new canons.
The debates about this Resolution B021 began in the morning session on July 10, 2012. The proposed canons would allow the removal of any bishop from his or her diocese in about five months, which is faster than the previous time of fourteen months. Jefferts Schori would have increased power of choosing a bishop for a committee that would have formed a resolution against a bishop. This new process could have canonically forced the resignation of any Diocesan Bishop, Bishop Coadjutor, or Suffragan Bishop.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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