New top Episcopal bishop challenged on her resume
School of theology, priestly experience questioned, but same-sex marriage advocate will lead U.S. church
Posted: August 1, 2006

The newly elected presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church lists as her major qualifications for office positions at two institutions shrouded in mystery and without any formal accreditation – if they exist at all.

That's the finding of an investigation of the rise of Katharine Jefferts Schori, 52, a pilot and oceanographer and strong advocate for same-sex marriage and homosexual ordination by Virtue Online, which describes itself as "the voice for global orthodox Anglicanism."

Schori and the nominating committee for the election that took place in June list as Schori's major qualifications the following positions she reportedly held:

-pastoral associate and dean of the Good Samaritan School of Theology, Corvallis, Ore., from 1994-2000;

-priest in charge of El Buen Samaritano, Corvallis, Ore.

Terry Ward, a writer for Virtue Online, says he could find no record of the existence of the Good Samaritan School of Theology in his examination of the web pages and church newsletters of the Good Samaritan Church of Corvallis, Ore., the web pages of the Episcopal Church USA and the Oregon and Nevada Dioceses, the web pages of the Association of Theological School, which lists all accredited and affiliated institutions in the U.S. and Canada.
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