Saskatoon Anglican priest resigns over same-sex issue
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

SASKATOON, Sask. (CP) - Rev. Shawn Sanford Beck, a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada's Saskatoon diocese, has quit the ministry over the same-sex marriage issue.

Beck, who told church officials that he intended to marry gay couples if asked, had been requested by his bishop to reconsider his position by March 31 or lose his licence to minister, reports the Anglican Journal on its website www.anglicanjournal.com.

"To my knowledge, the Rev. Shawn Sanford Beck has not presided at a same-sex blessing or a same-sex marriage," said Bishop Rodney Andrews in a statement. the rest