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The Diocese of San Joaquin has left the Episcopal Church, despite Katharine Jefferts Shori’s asseveration that only some people left, by an overwhelming majority vote. This news is not unexpected, but certainly welcome. My prediction on how this will all turn out? The Episcopal Church, as recognized in corporate documents on file with the state of New York, will be dead in 40 years, maybe less. Yeah, that is a pretty tough prediction. I’ll be 76 when it happens, and I almost certainly won’t be in the Episcopal Church as we know it, even if my current parish and Diocese...

TESTING THE FAITH: New top Episcopal bishop challenged on her resumehttp://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51325 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 School of theology, priestly experience questioned, but same-sex marriage advocate will lead U.S. church Posted: August 1, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern The newly elected presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church lists as her major qualifications for office positions at two institutions shrouded in mystery and without any formal accreditation – if they exist at all. That's the finding of an investigation of the rise of Katharine Jefferts Schori, 52, a pilot and oceanographer and strong advocate for same-sex marriage and homosexual ordination by Virtue...