Episcopal Church leader says those who defected 'are no longer Episcopalians'

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Dec. 5, 2008
Responding to the creation of the Anglican Church in North America over the role of gays, Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says that she thinks 'we're past the worst of it.' The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church declared Thursday that church members who joined a newly...
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