[Magdalen] Lexington Bishop Suspended

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Who was there when he actually told his wife? It reminds me of the account
of Christ in the garden, when the text states that he was the only one
there, and yet there's an account of what went down.  And there couldn't
have been anyone there to witness it.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We had a similar situation here. The rector of a large church in Richmond,
> was elected as bishop in--I think--Atlanta. Six weeks before the
> consecration, he informed his wife that she wasn't going. Apparently, he
> had someone else in mind.
> I think some other problems were discovered as well, but the whole thing
> was a huge shock here, because he was one of the most-respected clergy in
> our diocese. I can't imagine how he thought that was going to be OK.
>
> > On Mar 30, 2016, at 8:16 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well, I thnk his wife knew she was number two.
> >
> > But the bishop, the rector and the discernment committee did not.
> > At least at first.
> > How do you suppose he thought he'd make that work?
> > -M
> >
> > On Wednesday, March 30, 2016, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>> On 30/03/2016 19:54, Catharine Phillips wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Not forthcoming to either his WIFE or his BISHOP, Good to have a
> >>> therapist.
> >>> Good to have a confessor. But...methinks some folk were missing from
> the
> >>> original truth-telling...
> >>
> >> Not telling his wife at that stage means there was a deceit in what is
> >> meant to be the closest bond between two people.  Basically he was
> living a
> >> lie in his relationship with her.
> >>
> >> Roger
> >>
>