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A prominent Episcopal bishop ripped a female cleric's collar off after she briefly forgot her words at an LGBT-friendly Easter Vigil that was emceed by a drag queen. A video captured the jaw-dropping moment when Bishop Alan M. Gates snatched the collar from Reverend Tamra Tucker's neck during the service at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston on March 30. He has now been branded a misogynist and forced into a groveling apology over the incident, which was live-streamed online. In the footage, Rev. Tucker, who is the leader of The Crossing, an LGBTQ-inclusive congregation, explained to the...

Confessing Churches and Catholic Bashing Author: Robert P. Mills 2002-05-06 It can only be described as a feeding frenzy. There is blood in the water. Victims are thrashing about. Predators are circling and their numbers are growing. The attacks are unrelenting. The scene is gruesome, but, given the nature of the beast, not surprising.What began very recently as isolated allegations of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests years or even decades ago now has the mainstream media salivating. It is not just alleged acts of aberrant priests, and the lawsuits being filed in response, that now are being “reported.” Already,...