Episcopal Church

Episcopal Bishop, LGBT rights supporter Walter Righter dies

Episcopal Bishop, LGBT rights supporter Walter Righter dies

Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Walter Righter, a bishop in the Episcopal Church and a staunch LGBT supporter among faith leaders, died Sunday at his home outside Pittsburgh. He was 87 years old.
Jim McGreevey: too much of a ‘jackass’ to join gay-welcoming Episcopal clergy

Jim McGreevey: too much of a ‘jackass’ to join gay-welcoming Episcopal clergy

Monday, April 25, 2011
Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, who resigned following revelations he was gay and having an extramarital affair with a male staffer, has been denied admission to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church.
Lesbian priests wed in New Year’s Day ceremony

Lesbian priests wed in New Year’s Day ceremony

Wednesday, January 5, 2011
BOSTON -- Two high-level female Episcopal priests married in Massachusetts on New Year's Day in a wedding that appears to be the first of its kind in the U.S. -– at least in the Episcopal Church.
First openly gay Episcopal bishop to retire, citing stress, death threats

First openly gay Episcopal bishop to retire, citing stress, death threats

Monday, November 8, 2010
Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, whose consecration instigated a global religious controversy, announced to the Disocese of New Hampshire on Saturday that he would take early retirement, citing public backlash and "constant strain" from the experience.
Anne Hathaway says she left Catholicism in support of her gay brother

Anne Hathaway says she left Catholicism in support of her gay brother

Friday, February 5, 2010
Actress Anne Hathaway has revealed her family left the Catholic church and became Episcopalians after her brother came out. The Devil Wears Prada star grew up as a Catholic in New Jersey but when Hathaway's brother Michael told the family [...]
LA Episcopal diocese elects first openly gay bishop

LA Episcopal diocese elects first openly gay bishop

Sunday, December 6, 2009
The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Saturday elected the first openly gay bishop since the national church lifted a ban that kept gays out of its highest ordained ministry, [...]
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