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Deputies of Episcopal Church to Walk Out in Protest if Robinson Approved
Aired August 05, 2003 - 15:31 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: The last 24 hours have added more tension to a critical vote by the Episcopal Church amid debate about ratifying the election of the church's first openly gay bishop. Allegations of inappropriate behavior and an investigation into all of that has finally ended. What's the result? Our Jeff Flock live at the church convention in Minneapolis -- Jeff.
JEFF FLOCK, CNN CHICAGO BUREAU CHIEF: Indeed, Kyra, just outside the hallway from the meeting room where the bishops are now beginning to gather. They've cut this hallway off now and the last of the bishops are making their way into these meeting rooms.
As we said -- as you said it's been 24 hours now, so tension is building here. Bishop Scruton of Massachusetts, who has headed up the investigatory panel, will be reporting to the bishops, as we said, back behind these doors at 2:30 local, which is just about now. After which, they will commence a vote on the bishop elect at the moment, Bishop Robinson.
We expect to, you know, have some sense of this fairly soon. I don't know how this is all going to come out, but I can tell you the, Kyra, that the folks who are opposed to his being elected bishop have already made plans to depart the hall. What they're going to do is they're going to e-mail directly from this side of the hall across to the House of Deputies. This is the House of Bishops over here, the House of Deputies. It's sort of like two branches of the Congress. That would probably more likely be the House and this would be the Senate.
The folks in the House, if you will, the deputies will get the news. At that time some designated deputies will get up, have some things to say and then depart the convention. They're going to walk across the street to the Lutheran church, which I don't know if we should read anything into that, but the're's some talk about the church perhaps splitting apart as a result of this.
They'll go over to the Lutheran church to pray, have a church service, perhaps talk to some reporters. And that will be that, presumably.
But, again, we don't know. But this vote is a foregone conclusion, Kyra. So we'll of course continue to watch it. Back to you.
PHILLIPS: All right, as soon as you get word, Jeff Flock, we'll see you soon.
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Aired August 5, 2003 - 15:31 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: The last 24 hours have added more tension to a critical vote by the Episcopal Church amid debate about ratifying the election of the church's first openly gay bishop. Allegations of inappropriate behavior and an investigation into all of that has finally ended. What's the result? Our Jeff Flock live at the church convention in Minneapolis -- Jeff.
JEFF FLOCK, CNN CHICAGO BUREAU CHIEF: Indeed, Kyra, just outside the hallway from the meeting room where the bishops are now beginning to gather. They've cut this hallway off now and the last of the bishops are making their way into these meeting rooms.
As we said -- as you said it's been 24 hours now, so tension is building here. Bishop Scruton of Massachusetts, who has headed up the investigatory panel, will be reporting to the bishops, as we said, back behind these doors at 2:30 local, which is just about now. After which, they will commence a vote on the bishop elect at the moment, Bishop Robinson.
We expect to, you know, have some sense of this fairly soon. I don't know how this is all going to come out, but I can tell you the, Kyra, that the folks who are opposed to his being elected bishop have already made plans to depart the hall. What they're going to do is they're going to e-mail directly from this side of the hall across to the House of Deputies. This is the House of Bishops over here, the House of Deputies. It's sort of like two branches of the Congress. That would probably more likely be the House and this would be the Senate.
The folks in the House, if you will, the deputies will get the news. At that time some designated deputies will get up, have some things to say and then depart the convention. They're going to walk across the street to the Lutheran church, which I don't know if we should read anything into that, but the're's some talk about the church perhaps splitting apart as a result of this.
They'll go over to the Lutheran church to pray, have a church service, perhaps talk to some reporters. And that will be that, presumably.
But, again, we don't know. But this vote is a foregone conclusion, Kyra. So we'll of course continue to watch it. Back to you.
PHILLIPS: All right, as soon as you get word, Jeff Flock, we'll see you soon.
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