Anglican Rift Avoided in Chicago Bishop Election.
by Daniel Blake
Monday, November 12, 2007

On Saturday, the US Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Chicago avoided deepening the rift over homosexuality within the Anglican Communion when it elected the Rev Jeffrey Lee to be its twelfth bishop.

There were seven candidates for the position, including the openly lesbian Rev Tracy Lind, the dean of Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland.

Had she been elected, she would have been the second openly homosexual Episcopal bishop after Bishop V Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. the rest