[Magdalen] Bishop, please resign

[Lynn Ronkainen]

The gist of what was sent out from the diocesan standing committee was that 
they asked her to resign from their diocese, that it is a national church 
issue about her episcopacy.

Lynn

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 5:59 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Bishop, please resign

> I guess technically she has to be asked, but IMNSHO she should be *told* 
> to
> resign. Or be fired, which I guess is impossible, since hers is an elected
> office.
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Roger Stokes 
> <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>> wrote:
>
>> The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Maryland has asked Bishop 
>> Heather
>> Cook to resign.
>> http://www.episcopalcafe.com/bishop-heather-cook-resignation/
>>
>> Given the criminal charges she is facing and what has emerged about the
>> road traffic incident she was involved in I tend to agree with the 
>> Standing
>> Committee that she can no longer minister effectively as a bishop in that
>> diocese.   If were advising her I would seek some agreement (with
>> compensation for loss of salary and benefits) rather than a simple
>> resignation or waiting for the Title IV process to play out.  I think 
>> that
>> would be in the interests of all concerned, including Bishop Cook.
>>
>> Roger
>>