PB announces Bishops McBurney and Bane have renounced vows

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Episcopal Church's House of Bishops that she has accepted the renunciation of vows by Williams MacBurney, the former bishop of Quincy and David Bane, the former bishop of southern Virginia. Both men have joined breakaway Anglican churches. (via email)

UPDATE: The ENS story about this development is posted here.

Posted by Jim Naughton on June 15, 2009 6:30 AM | |
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