Retired bishop to assist in dispute over same-sex marriage

From Canada-

A disagreement over the issue of blessing same-sex marriages in the Anglican diocese of Montreal has led some of its parishes to request the help of a retired bishop from western Newfoundland.

Bishop Leonard Whitten of Pasadena retired from his ministry in 2003, but has been asked to provide what’s known as a shared episcopal ministry to parishes within the diocese of Montreal that disagree with the stance taken by Bishop Barry Clarke of Montreal.

Since 2007, at the direction of a diocesan synod, Clarke has authorized at least two blessings of two civil marriages without controversy.

However, in recent months, parishes in the diocese have protested the induction of a partnered gay priest, Very Rev. Paul Kennington, as the dean of Montreal and rector of Christ Church Cathedral and the ordination as a deacon of a partnered gay man, Rev. Robert Camara.

More here-

http://www.thewesternstar.com/News/Local/2011-12-27/article-2846386/Retired-bishop-to-assist-in-dispute-over-same-sex-marriage/1