He is a bishop, among other bishops.
I belonged to ELCA affiliated Lutheran Church. When the ELCA did the job on human sexuality policy our congregation split. We left the building and took the senior Pastor with us. We worship weekly in a rented facility. We feel that we have been very blessed because of this.
And you most probably are. We have a hierarchy that is a hierarchy of bishops and the situation is that they are equals. It is not a military hierarchy in which we have a chief of the armed forces which commands absolutely. It is a lot more tenuous than that. Why do you think that so many bishops can depart so far from the Faith?
What is a Catholic Parish to do if they know their Priest is gay?
Ah, that is different. They can go and choke the living sh*t out of their bishop until he removes the priest. I've done similar...
It appears that you true Catholics will have to make some sort of personal choice at some point.
Many of us have already. I doubt that there is an individual that will f**k with my kids in this entire diocese, for instance.
Sounds like an even harder battle than what is going on in
the reformed churches because of such deeply connected traditional roots. IMHO. I.E. the Pope,the Vatican, ETC. On the individual basis sounds like your doing fine.
Mark, it takes a whole lot for me to tear up over most things, but once in awhile someone can say something so powerful and with such strength of heart and conviction that it touches the very soul.
I would that many more men would dare to speak so on behalf of these children...kids within the church need to hear men say this Mark, and so do those who are even thinking of touching the kids.... and that with force of heart and mind. They need to know the 'men' of the church are standing up for them and standing in the gap between them and these perverts.
Thank you for standing strong Mark...may God continue to keep you strong for the task....