Gay Controversies Overshadow Installment of First Female Episcopal Head
By Michelle Vu
Christian Post Reporter
Mon, Nov. 06 2006

WASHINGTON – Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori took office as the first female presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church on Saturday amid controversies over her views of homosexual relations and the Ted Haggard scandal.

An elaborate investiture ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral that included flying streamers, multicolored robes, and organ accompanied hymns welcomed Jefferts Schori as the top Episcopal leader as well as the first woman priest to head an Anglican province.

Jefferts Schori’s installment has caused further division in the already divided Episcopal Church with seven conservative Episcopal dioceses rejecting her leadership. The dioceses oppose the new presiding bishop’s support of ordaining gays and permitting blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples among other reasons.
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