Diocese of Quincy seeks alternative oversight
Special synod leads to district joining seven others in distancing themselves from Episcopal Church in U.S.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
By MICHAEL MILLER
of the Journal Star GALESBURG

- A special synod of the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy decided Saturday to seek oversight from an Anglican province other than the Episcopal Church.

About 100 priests and deacons and 50 lay people overwhelmingly approved resolutions that "further distance themselves from the troubled Episcopal Church in the U.S.," according to a diocesan news release.

The request, made during the meeting at Grace Church in Galesburg, will go to the archbishop of Canterbury and leaders of the other Anglican Communion provinces. the rest