Bishops disappointed with resolutions
Request rejected for foreign oversight on homosexual policies
Saturday, March 24, 2007
By MICHAEL MILLER
of the Journal Star

PEORIA - Central Illinois' two Episcopal bishops said they were disappointed by statements coming from the denomination's House of Bishops this week.

"Mind of the House" resolutions were approved Tuesday in response to a communique issued last month by the leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion. One point of the communique asked the U.S. province to allow foreign oversight for some dioceses and parishes that disagree with the denomination's teaching and policy on non-celibate homosexuals.

This week's resolutions, though they do not have legislative power, rejected that request, saying such oversight by non-U.S. provinces "would be injurious to the Episcopal Church." the rest