My Post To The HOBD Listserv On The Diocese of Rochester
— Brad Drell @ 11:35 pm

The voice of those who would work for unity within our church was drowned out at this Diocesan Convention. I take this in stark contrast to our Diocesan Convention in a conservative diocese that would still hold out hope for our church remaining united.

If this is just about money, I am a monkey’s uncle.

I find the Bishop’s remark about his pastoral care to be in very poor taste under the circumstances. I find his ruling that a motion to table being out of order to be specious. I find his protest of sitting and not participating in the service, not even bowing to the cross as it passed, yet insisting on being present, to be childish. I think this Bishop makes a lair of himself when he says “May we make the decisions without malice and wish that those who choose to walk another path do so with our blessing,” and then show up at this church and behave this way. His appearance at this parish after the vote, his ruling a motion to table out of order, and his dismissal of the pleas to wait six months until after General Convention show nothing but malice in making these decisions.

I am deeply saddened by this. Was six months so long to wait for $16,000? Was it necessary to show up that Sunday, the day after the vote to disband this parish? Was it? This wasn’t necessary to defend the Diocese’s alleged property rights in the parish property. This was an arrogant coup de gras. It is unbeffiting an apostle of Jesus Christ to do such a thing.

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