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The only thing I have to contribute to the Discourse is that the mess re: the Bishop of Albany has very little to do with marriage and an awful lot to do with a Bishop thinking himself to be above the canons of this church.
This is clericalism and I donât have any time for it.
This is clericalism and I donât have any time for it.
Iâm more or less an Anglo Catholic. I place high priority on the ministry of the Episcopate. But in this Church, the General Convention has the authority to pass and enforce legislation. Not only the Bishops, even if their House is the senior of the two houses.
Not even Bishops get to act outside of the authority of General Convention. And if a personâof any order of ministryâfeels their conscience cannot abide the discernment of this church, the honest thing to do would be to resign their position and leave.
As it stands, the Bishop of Albanyâwho violated his ordination vows and was found guilty by a panel of clergy and laityâwill get to resign in good standing and collect his pension. No consequences. Thatâs entirely absurd.
General Convention was absolutely clear in making a conscience clause on the particular resolution against which the Bishop of Albany finds his conscience pitted. He is not being persecuted.
This church has bent over backwards to accommodate his conscience. And still he violates his vows and plays the victim.
