Trinity's mail-in poll: 383 favor leaving national Episcopal church
By Elliott Jones
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

VERO BEACH — More than half of Trinity Episcopal Church members say they favor breaking away from the national church, church officials announced Wednesday.

Results from the mail-in poll could bolster efforts to break away by June, though some church members opposed to a division say they weren't consulted before the survey went out.

In response to surveys mailed two weeks ago to 741 members, 383 favored leaving the Episcopal Church of the United States and 128 opposed the move. the rest