From Maryland-The Episcopal Church’s top legislative body is reviewing its policies on alcohol and addiction as part of a churchwide soul-searching over a Maryland assistant bishop charged with drunken driving while texting and with killing a bicyclist.
Leaders of the Episcopal General Convention, meeting in Salt Lake City, put the topic on the agenda after the criminal case against Heather Cook drew national attention. Cook, who has been defrocked, has pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter, drunken driving and other charges.
More here-
http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/culpeper/episcopal-church-addresses-addiction-concerns/article_063028ca-0849-56a4-ba1f-3efd8e70d9c2.html
and here
http://www.sltrib.com/home/2667208-155/fatal-dui-case-prompts-episcopal-soul-searching
and here-
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/25/episcopal-assembly-responds-to-fatal-drunken-drivi/?page=all
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