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Charges against bishops dropped in Episcopal women ordinations
In Chicago the Episcopal Church’s General Convention upheld the validity of 11 women’s priestly ordinations and dropped charges against three bishops who presided. The action, taken amid debate over women clergy, leaves future steps to be decided by church bodies and local dioceses.
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Episcopalians
Chicago
Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
Philadelphia
Carter Heyward
New York
Harold B. Robinson
Charles W. Willie
Willie
House of Delegates
House
John Allin
Heyward
Robert L. DeWitt
Daniel Corrigan
Colorado
Edward R. Welles
West Missouri
Robinson
Jose A. Ramos
Costa Rica
Ramos
Episcopal House of Bishops
John M. Allin
Allison Check
Jeanette Ridlon Piccard