Gay Anglican priest elected to lead Canada's General Synod
The Canadian Anglican Church's top governing body elected an openly gay Vancouver priest as second-in-command for its historic General Synod, at which delegates will hold a contentious vote on whether to allow same-sex blessings. Peter Elliott was elected prolocutor, or chair, of the once-every-three-year convention by a vote of 161 to 116. The prolocutor is, next to the primate, the senior officer of General Synod. An essay by Elliott, in which he comes out publicly as a gay man living in a relationship, was published in the new book, Living Together in the Church: Including Our Differences.
The Gazette
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