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Episcopal Church and alcohol abuse

July 4, 2015 10 Comments

After the recent well publicized death of Thomas Palermo in a hit and run by former bishop Heather Cook while under the influence of alcohol, the

What do you do with Alcohol? Welcome it, but welcome all of it: the good, the bad, and the transformational.

June 19, 2015 6 Comments

Occasionally we print letters to the editor; in this letter the Rev Scott Petersen, himself an alcoholic in recovery, urges the church to own that we are a church that welcomes alcohol, but also to learn to welcome all of it: the good, the bad, and the transformational.

Priest arrested for DUI

March 14, 2015 37 Comments

Officers allegedly found the open container of Absolut on the center console, as well as vodka inside a water bottle, 31 Lorazepam pills prescribed in someone else’s name, and 22 packets of Tramadol, a high-potency pain killer. Cops also said she failed a field sobriety test.

Letter from President Jennings on the death of Tom Palermo

February 9, 2015 67 Comments

The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies, has written a letter addressed to deputies and alternate deputies about different actions the

Alcohol and the Episcopal Church: Updated

January 13, 2015 16 Comments

In the past few days, a number of commentators have begun to wrestle with some of the questions raised by the sad case of Heather