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  • Dozens of Episcopalians Follow Leader into Catholic Church

    02/25/2005 10:22:56 AM PST · by NYer · 34 replies · 2,536+ views
    National Catholic Register ^ | February 16, 2005 | CARLOS BRICEÑO
    SCRANTON, Pa. — Eric Bergman gave up friendships, his home and his priesthood in the Episcopal Church for his beliefs. The 34-year-old renounced his priesthood Dec. 31 and now wants to win souls as a priest of the Roman Catholic Church.Joining him in the move to Catholicism are his wife, Kristina, and his three children, all under the age of 3. Bergman also brings with him some 60 parishioners from his former congregation, the Church of the Good Shepherd in Scranton, Pa., where he served as rector for five years, and 10 Episcopalians from a nearby parish.Bergman is petitioning the...