Calls for Bennison to be defrocked

http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=2506

[Religious Intelligence] 18 Aug 2008--Sentencing recommendations have been submitted in the trial of the Bishop of Pennsylvania, calling for the Rt Rev Charles E Bennison, Jr, to be defrocked.

On July 30, the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Pennsylvania --- the diocese’s governing board --- stated Bishop Bennison should be removed from the ordained ministry. US Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, however, advocated a less severe penalty, urging the bishop never be permitted to hold episcopal office again.