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Ocean Beach Episcopal church votes to leave diocese over gay clergy
Holy Trinity Church third in San Diego to leave due to widening theological breach
Published Thursday, 21-Sep-2006 in issue 978
SAN DIEGO (AP) – An Episcopal church in San Diego’s funky Ocean Beach neighborhood has voted to leave the San Diego diocese and organize as an independent, more conservative Anglican congregation.
Holy Trinity Church is the third in San Diego to leave the Episcopal church as the result of a widening theological breach stemming from the ordination of gay clergy.
Six San Diego-area priests – including one earlier this month – have also resigned since last December to align with more conservative quarters of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
The Episcopal church is the U.S. branch of the Anglican Communion.
The incoming Episcopal presiding bishop, Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, was among those who voted to confirm V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the Episcopal church’s first openly gay bishop, in 2003.
Jefferts Schori, who also supports blessing same-sex relationships, was elected by the General Convention in June and is to be installed as head of the U.S. church on Nov. 4.
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