Anglican bishop faces difficult church issues
By Mary Kaye Ritz
Religion & Ethics Writer
Saturday, March 10, 2007

When the presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal church talks, people lean forward to listen — and not just because of her low decibel level.

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, the former bishop of Nevada, took over leadership of the U.S. arm of the Anglican church last year at a particularly beleaguered time in its history, when struggles over the ordination of gay leaders — including Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire — set off a firestorm that continues to threaten its global cohesion.

At a recent meeting of prelates, or leaders, in Tanzania late last month, Jefferts Schori talked about the American denomination taking a "pause" before moving forward on sexual orientation issues.

At a quiet meeting yesterday at St. Peter's, near St. Andrew's Cathedral, she talked about the "noisy exceptions." the rest