Charges Against Breakway Megachurch Pastor Heats Up Dispute

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[The Christian Post] 29 Mar 2007--The leader of a breakaway Episcopal parish will face financial misconduct allegations in the diocese's judicial system, officials said Wednesday.

The action came two days after leaders of Grace Church and St. Stephen's Parish in Colorado Springs voted to leave the denomination and join a Nigerian-linked missionary diocese. They left because they were upset about the liberal theological direction of the national church, particularly when it comes to gay relationships.

Hours after the vote, diocese officials handed down the church equivalent of an indictment against the Rev. Donald Armstrong but did not release specifics. Parish leaders criticized the action against him as the product of a "kangaroo court."