Court Holds Hearing to Determine Church Doctrine on Ordination of Gays
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Episcopal News Service
Presenting bishops attend Wilmington trial.
Five of the 10 bishops who brought a presentment against Bishop Walter Righter charging him with holding false doctrine and
violating his ordination vows for ordaining a non-celibate homosexual gathered in Wilmington, Delaware, at the February 27
hearing on the Righter case. Left to right: Bishop William Wantland of Eau Claire, Stephen Jecko of Florida, Maurice Benitez of
Texas, John Howe of Central Florida, and James Stanton of Dallas. (Episcopal News Service photo by Michael Barwell)
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