4 Vie for Newark Bishop ; Episcopal Slate Includes Gay Priest
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 29, 2006
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The Episcopal Diocese of Newark has nominated four candidates, including an openly gay priest, to run in its election for bishop a move that could potentially push the troubled Episcopal Church into deeper crisis and draw world attention to the famously liberal diocese.
A committee of 25 priests and laypeople voted behind closed doors Tuesday night, approving a slate that included the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, a homosexual priest from San Francisco who also served during the 1980s and early 1990s in Union County parishes.See the full content of this document
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4 Vie for Newark Bishop ; Episcopal Slate Includes Gay Priest
Barlowe, who has been with his male partner for 24 years, said in a statement he believes in a liberal Christianity that joins "diverse people in sacrament, worship and ministry to God's world while enjoying the freedom of opinion and expression."
The three other candidates are married...See the full content of this document
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