Traditional Anglicanism in America
Greg Griffith
BREAKING: +Lee Inhibits 21 Priests



News is that Bishop Peter Lee of Virginia just inhibited 21 priests. More as details emerge.

UPDATE: TLC lists these priests:

• The Rev. Robin T. Adams
• The Rev. Marshall Brown
• The Rev. E. Kathleen Christopher
• The Rev. Jack W. Grubbs
• The Rev. David N. Jones
• The Rev. Herbert J. McMullan
• The Rev. Valarie A. Whitcomb
• The Rev. George R. Beaven
• The Rev. Neal H. Brown
• The Rev. Richard C. Crocker
• The Rev. John A.M. Guernsey
• The Rev. Nicholas P.N. Lebelfeld
• The Rev. Elijah B. White
• The Rev. John W. Yates II
• The Rev. Mark W. Brown
• The Rev. Jeffrey O. Cerar
• The Rev. Ramsey D. Gilchrist
• The Rev. David R. Harper
• The Rev. Marion D. Lucas, III
• The Rev. Robin Rauh
• The Rev. Frederick M. Wright

From the TLC article:

“Your association with a group of people that has abandoned the Communion of the Episcopal Church and rejected its authority and the authority of the Diocese of Virginia constitute your abandonment of the Communion of the Episcopal Church,” states a letter signed by Virginia Bishop Peter James Lee. “If, in the next six months, you retract your actions of abandonment, this inhibition may be lifted. But at the end of six months, if you have not retracted your actions, you may be released from the obligations of priesthood in this church and removed from the ordained ministry.”

Bishop Lee concluded the brief letter by noting how deeply saddened he was by this development. He said he believed “the actions that the Standing Committee and I are taking are necessary for the discipline and unity of the church.”

UPDATE: We’ve been informed that the number is actually 23, including The Rev. David Glade and The Rev. Robert Watkin.






Posted January 23, 2007 at 3:44 pm
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