Bishop Schofield Responds to Charges
08/22/2006

While the Rt. Rev. John-David Schofield awaits the outcome of an ecclesiastical process that offers him virtually no opportunity for defense, he said he bears his accusers no ill will. He said his accusers have been ill advised and misled into believing that three unrelated actions by the Diocese of San Joaquin are evidence of a conspiracy to withdraw from The Episcopal Church.

In a recent interview with AnglicanTV.org, Bishop Schofield said the bishops of California, San Diego, Northern California and Los Angeles had received “some bad advice and did the wrong thing” in bringing charges under Article IV Title 9: Abandonment of Communion, against him.

“The only conclusion” he and his chancellors could make was that his accusers “didn’t want publicity. I deny I’ve left the faith. I deny I’ve left the Church,” Bishop Schofield, said. the rest