Jim Naughton Wants The Female Episcopal Priest Turned Muslim Story To Go Back Under The Radar ...

From: Jim Naughton: jnaughton@edow.org

Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:58 AM

To: talk@episcopalcommunicators.org

Subject: “I am both Muslim and Christian”

I fervently hope that it will be possible to ignore this story until it slips back beneath the radar. Jim Naughton

Jim Naughton is the Canon for Communications and Advancement Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D. C.

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GRL3: You bet he wants the story to go away or get under the radar as he puts it. But, what an odd way to deal with such a ridiculous situation -- that of an Episcopal Priest who is a Muslim. The way to get rid of the story, Mr. Naughton, would be to defrock and then excommunicate her - pronto. That this is unlikely is revealed from recent Episcopal Church history. Check these situations in which no Presiding Bishop or local bishop dealt head-on (apply directly to the head) with the absurdities before them. How much heresy can one denomination take? We shall find out shortly.

Below from Brad Drell's blog, from which I plundered the email above also.

Here’s a quick recap of just some of ... notable incidents:

* May 2004 - The Diocese of Michigan co-sponsors “Together in Faith,” a seminar featuring workshops by a witch and a trans-gendered pagan.

* October 2004 - In the Diocese of Pennsylvania, ordained Episcopal husband-and-wife priests Bill and Glyn Melnyk (who for years had moonlighted as Druid priests) ran into trouble when 815’s Office for Women’s Ministry published one of the couple’s pagan liturgies. Bill Melnyk, known in Druid circles as “Oakwyse” (and occasionally, though inexplicably, “Bran”), left the Episcopal priesthood soon afterward, to become a full-time Druid priest.

* April 2006 - Maury Johnston, an Episcopal lay leader whose articles had been published by a number of prominent blogs on the Episcopal left, turned out to be a very active pagan whose nom de coven was “Shadwynn.”

* May 2006 - The Episcopal Church Center Bookstore in New York was found to be offering a book titled “Love Spells,” which contained “…a host of tried and tested spells, potions, and rituals that will help you find out just how to bring love into your life.”

GRL3 speaking again -- it is imperative that bloggers keep this mess before the people. Truth to be told, bloggers have changed the rules of the game. It is not easy to stay below the radar any longer, Mr. Naughton.