Northern California Bishop Warned: Statements Could be Libelous
01/12/2007

The Rt. Rev. Barry Beisner, Bishop of Northern California, has been informed that public statements he and his predecessor have made about the Rev. David H. Miller might be determined libelious and defamatory by a court of law.

On Dec. 17, Fr. Miller, rector of St. John’s, Petaluma, informed Bishop Beisner and his predecessor, the Rt. Rev. Jerry Lamb, that the parish had voted to disaffiliate from the diocese and come under the oversight of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone. In the letter, Fr. Miller asked that a letter dimissory be sent to Archbishop Gregory Venables.

In response Bishop Lamb, who retired Dec. 31, issued a public statement Dec. 27 in which he said “I have chosen to view [the Rev.] David Miller’s letter...as a request to renounce orders in this church.” the rest at The Living Church