Episcopal leaders discriminate against adulterers
Posted: December 13, 2006

How often in the history of the Washington Post has the Episcopal Church been at the top of Page One?

Not often, if at all. And rarely with such grim headlines as: "Episcopal churches to vote on departure."

This was due to the fact that two of this nation's largest and most historic Episcopal parishes – in one of which George Washington was a director, or vestryman – The Falls Church, for which an entire suburban Virginia city is named – along with Truro Church in Fairfax, Va. – will vote this week on whether or not to leave the U.S. denomination and affiliate instead with Nigerian Anglican Archbishop Peter Akinola, leader of 17 million.

That, in a nation so much smaller than the United States, is notable. For the U.S. Episcopal Church – the denomination of so many of the founders of the United States – has now shrunk to 2.3 million – from what was in the 1960s 3.5 million.

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