[Magdalen] From Dio Maryland

[Grace Cangialosi]

In a separate action, the Diocese of MD accepted her resignation. It was interesting to me that both announcements made it very clear that the actions had nothing to do with each other nor with any pending legal matters.

> On May 1, 2015, at 3:23 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> This just came into my email box and I thought I would share it for information, not necessarily dissection.
> Lynn
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> [May 1, 2015] The office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has released information concerning Heather Cook of the Diocese of Maryland. Pursuant to Title IV of the Canons of The Episcopal Church, the Presiding Bishop and Bishop Cook have reached an Accord.  Under the terms of the Accord, Bishop Cook will receive a Sentence of Deposition, pursuant to which she shall be "deprived of the right to exercise the gifts and spiritual authority of God's word and sacraments conferred at ordination."
> As such, Cook will no longer function as an ordained person in The Episcopal Church. The Accord resolves all ecclesiastical disciplinary matters involving Cook.
> This Accord is separate from any resolution of employment matters involving Cook and the Diocese of Maryland as well as from criminal matters pending in the secular courts.
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> Title IV http://www.episcopalchurch.org/files/candc_2009pp123-166.pdf
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