Virginia AG McDonnell Intervenes In Episcopal Church Dispute

Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell has intervened into the dispute between the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and two parishes which have chosen to leave the Diocese in light of its leftward tilt towards the interpretation of scripture.

Truro Church and Falls Church, both in Northern Virginia, have chosen to affiliate themselves with a conservative Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Both congregations had been expressing concern for years over the direction being taken by the national church (Episcopal Church USA) and Virginia Bishop Peter Lee. The final straw was Lee’s vote in support of the confirmation of openly gay Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire.