Court Holds Hearing to Determine Church Doctrine on Ordination of Gays
96-1401
Episcopal News Service
Court for the Trial of a Bishop meets on Bishop Righter case.
Courtroom art depicts Church Advocate Hugo Blankingship addressing the nine bishops who make up the Court for the Trial of
a Bishop meeting on the case against Bishop Walter Righter in Wilmington, Delaware, February 27. Righter is charged with
holding false doctrine and violating his ordination vows for ordaining a non-celibate homosexual as a deacon in 1990 and signing
documents advocating such ordinations. Cameras were not permitted in the courtroom while the court was in session.
(Courtroom art by Susan Schary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For use by Episcopal publications only.)
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