Episcopal Diocese Rejects Buddhist Bishop
This via the wonderful Molly De Shong over at Shambhala Sun Space: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh have “unanimously voted against permitting a diocese in Michigan to consecrate a bishop who is also a practicing Zen Buddhist.” The article continues:
- A spokesman for the diocese said the decision was not based on Bishop-elect Kevin Thew Forrester’s Zen practices, but on changes he had made to the liturgy in his parish. It came from the Diocese of Pittsburgh that remains part of the Episcopal Church, not the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh (Anglican) that left the Episcopal Church in October because it believed the Episcopal Church no longer upheld biblical teaching.
For more on the flap surrounding Rev. Forrester, following this link.
