St. Christopher's priest resigns, concern grows over denomination's direction

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20080527/NEWS/805270334/1051/NEWS01

[upstate.com] 27 May 2008--Less than a year after the Rev. George N. Gray Jr. became rector of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Spartanburg, talk of splits within the Episcopal Church began.

Controversy ignited when the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay priest, was consecrated bishop of New Hampshire in 2003. Conservative Episcopalians called for "realignment," and the church has remained divided over Robinson's consecration, the blessing of same-sex unions and interpretation of Scripture, among other issues.