NORTH DAKOTA: Orthodox Bishop Denies License to Lesbian Priest

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NORTH DAKOTA: Orthodox Bishop Denies License to Lesbian Priest

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7969

By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
3/25/2008

The Evangelical Anglo-Catholic Bishop of North Dakota, the Rt. Rev. Michael Smith has denied the Rev. Gayle Baldwin a license to function as a priest in the diocese because she is an open and avowed lesbian.

Baldwin, 62, is an associate professor of religion at the University of North Dakota. She was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1980. She came out as a lesbian a decade ago in Wyoming, where she has a license to preach and administer the sacraments. She came to the university in 2000, according to news reports.