IRD: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" about Episcopal Church Diocesan Same-Sex Blessings?

“The real issue here is how the Episcopal Church’s own restrictions on same-sex blessings, minimal as they are, don’t amount to much if a diocese allows loopholes.”
—Ralph Webb, Anglican Action Director

Washington, DC—On Monday, January 24, Bishop Jon Bruno of the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Los Angeles told media that “The fact of life is that we [the Episcopal Church] have never authorized same-sex blessings … It does not happen in my diocese with my permission.” Just two days earlier, however, a same-sex blessing had occurred in his diocese at All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills.

Furthermore, while Bruno may not give “permission” to each individual blessing, he reportedly has told his priests that they can bless same-sex unions as pastoral measures. the rest