Repairing a faith that was tested by Episcopal scandal
By Daniel Rubin
Inquirer Columnist
Nov. 12, 2007

On matters of sex, the Episcopalians around here don't make too many headlines.

When they do, it's typically a story about ordaining women or accepting homosexuality. And it's usually Bishop Charles E. Bennison Jr., leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, taking tough stands against those who resist the church's progressive embrace.

Those stands, which led critics to brand him "a heretic" and "false teacher," made the Rev. Judith Beck proud.

Which is why she was in denial Memorial Day weekend 2006, when her choirmaster mentioned something disturbing: A San Francisco TV station had interviewed a woman who described how Bennison's brother, a priest, had sexually abused her for years, starting when she was 14. the rest