Episcopal bishop sticks up for convention's work
By Jean Torkelson, Rocky Mountain News

June 22, 2006

Colorado Bishop Rob O'Neill defended the controversial work of the Episcopal convention that ended Wednesday, saying it reflected the "broad and diverse center of the Episcopal Church."

"While those on either extreme may perceive our responses to be either too much or not enough, they constitute a significant effort to reconcile the differences in our church and in the Anglican Communion," O'Neill said in a statement.

The convention elected a new, pro-gay presiding bishop, Kath-arine Jefferts Schori, whom O'Neill praised earlier this week as "a prayerful and capable leader."

The convention also refused to repudiate resolutions made in 2004 that endorsed actively gay Bishop Gene Robinson and OK'd the development of same-sex blessings.the rest