East Haven priest retiring to start new congregation
Sept. 9, 2007

East Haven (AP) _ An East Haven Episcopal priest is leaving his parish to start a new congregation following a dispute with church leaders over the confirmation of an openly gay bishop on New Hampshire.

The Reverend Gilbert Wilkes of Christ and the Epiphany Episcopal Church will retire at the end of the month and lead a new congregation called Christ Church Anglican at an East Haven middle school beginning on October 14th.

The new congregation will be part of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, which was formed to offer an alternative to disaffected Episcopalians. the rest