NYT: Episcopal Church Votes to Oust Bishop Who Seceded
By NEELA BANERJEE
March 13, 2008

The Episcopal Church moved to remove the bishop of the San Joaquin Diocese in California on Wednesday, in reaction to the diocese’s unprecedented decision late last year to secede from the church over theological issues.

The bishop, John-David Schofield, is the first bishop to face such action as a result of the disputes over the church’s stance on homosexuality.

At its semiannual meeting, in Texas, the church’s House of Bishops voted “to consent to the deposition from the ordained ministry” of Bishop Schofield. the rest