September 17, 1991

Spong Ordains Homosexual Priest in Suburban New Jersey Parish

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Episcopal News Service

[Gay Priest Ordained in Ne...]
Gay Priest Ordained in New Jersey Parish. The Rev. Jack Croneberger (right center), rector of Church of the Atonement in Tenafly, New Jersey, and the Rev. Barry Stopfel meet the press after the ordination service of the gay priest on September 14. Stopfel's partner, the Rev. Will Leckie (left), participated in the service. (Episcopal News Service photo by James Solheim)