New Anglican Denomination Seats Diocese In Amesbury

By Sonari Glinton
June 10, 2010

BOSTON — Amesbury is a quintessentially beautiful New England town.

A river passes over rocks and runs through the downtown area, where there’s also a converted mill, an array of restaurants and coffee shops… and now a new cathedral.

On Thursday night, a religious domination called the Anglican Church in North America will hold a mass to proclaim that cathedral, the All Saints Cathedral, as the seat of its New England diocese.

The church’s members broke away from the much larger Episcopal Church of America about a year ago, mainly over the election of an openly gay bishop. All Saints will be the center for the church’s 16 parishes across New England. the rest