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Grace and St Stephen’s, the largest parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado (after the Cathedral) has voted (in its vestry) to secede from the diocese<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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At the same time, the Rev. Don Armstrong took back control of the 2,000-member parish for the first time since being put under investigation in December by Bishop Rob O\u2019Neill for what the diocese called “misapplied funds.”<\/p>\n

“I am sitting in my office for the first time in three months,” Armstrong said in a telephone interview. “Now that I\u2019m no longer a priest under Rob O\u2019Neill\u2019s authority I can say or do what I want.<\/p>\n

[…] The parish was accepted Monday morning into a national network of conservative Anglican churches, called the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, (CANA), Wroblewski said. CANA is under the jurisdiction of the Anglican province of Nigeria, one of the 38 provinces of the worldwide church, as is the Episcopal Church USA.<\/p>\n

CANA has become a haven for conservative breakaway parishes disturbed over the refusal of the Episcopal Church USA to retreat from its acceptance of openly gay bishops and same-sex blessings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Which, of course, raises once again the issue of who actually owns the parish assets.  Legal hilarity will ensue.<\/p>\n

Of course, given that Grace and St Stephens has contributed zilch <\/em>to the the diocese or the national church, it’s not like they’ve been a real member for quite some time.<\/p>\n

The parish’s poetical resolution can be found here<\/a>.  The vestry’s message to the parish is here<\/a>.  The parish’s official press release (can’t have a schism without a press release) is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The diocesan reaction to the action can be found here<\/a>. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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