March 1, 2002 Church future 'ominous'

New York The author of an article on the conservative "renewal movement" within the Anglican Communion, said that the Episcopal Church in the United States is "under attack" by a conservative movement "that is seeking to...

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March 1, 2002 Griswold tours Nigeria

Lagos Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold of the Episcopal Church of the U.S.A. visited Nigeria for nine days in mid-January, leading a retreat for Nigeria's bishops - some of whom were not, at first, eager to receive him. ...

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March 1, 2002 ECUSA seeks ratification of convention on women

New York The Episcopal church has joined about 60 signers of an open letter to the U.S. Senate asking for ratification of the United Nations' Convention to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The UN...

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February 1, 2002 Ramallah school shut down

New York Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop of the U.S. Episcopal church, has written to Secretary of State Colin Powell complaining about the Israeli closing of an Episcopal school near Jerusalem. The Arab Evangelical...

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December 1, 2001 ECUSA diocese elects first indigenous woman bishop

New York The Episcopal diocese of Southern Virginia has elected the first female bishop in its history-and the first indigenous woman bishop anywhere in the worldwide Anglican Communion. Carol J. Gallagher was elected...

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November 1, 2001 ECUSA condemns drilling in Arctic

New York The Episcopal Church has joined with other faith groups in a statement condemning as morally wrong an amendment to a defense authorization bill that would permit oil companies to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife...

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November 1, 2001 Two bishops cleared

New YorkTwo bishops of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Jane Holmes Dixon of Washington and Clifton Daniel III of East Carolina, have been found innocent of charges that they committed offenses under canon...

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September 1, 2001 Consecrations called 'divisive'

For the second time in 18 months, Anglican conservatives have rebelliously consecrated bishops for the Anglican Mission in America. Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, and Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop of the U.S....

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January 1, 2001 Former ECUSA treasurer released from custody

Former church treasurer Ellen F. Cooke, convicted in 1995 of embezzling $2 million from the Episcopal Church in the United States is to be released from federal custody this month. Ms. Cooke was transferred to a halfway...

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October 1, 2000 'Missionary bishops' given go ahead

Two U.S. priests say they have been authorized to form an Anglican Mission in America under the auspices of the provinces of Rwanda and South East Asia, whose archbishops irregularly consecrated them as "missionary bishops" to...

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