All Saints sends bishop away without keys
by Douglas LeBlanc

IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — For the second consecutive day, All Saints Protestant Episcopal Church gave Bishop Jack McKelvey less than he had ordered in a letter to the parish’s rector, David Harnish.

In a letter dated Nov. 15, McKelvey informed Harnish and the parish’s wardens that he intended to conduct services on Sunday the 20th and to receive the keys and assets of the church on Monday the 21st.

McKelvey told reporters on Sunday that the timetable was uncertain on how the diocese would proceed with All Saints. “It’s too soon right now to say what the next steps will be,” he said in Monday’s edition of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

McKelvey’s letter indicates, however, what the bishop had ordered for Monday morning: A compliant transfer of All Saints’ property and assets to the diocese.

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