Lesbian does not make cut as new Minnesota bishop

From the Washington Times-

When Bonnie Perry's name was announced last summer as one of three candidates for the post of Episcopal bishop of Minnesota, there was talk of her possibly being the next V. Gene Robinson, the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop elected in 2003. Since then, the denomination has not allowed a homosexual into the episcopate until the Episcopal General Convention agreed last summer to allow more gay bishops.

This flung open the doors, as it were, and Ms. Perry, a Chicago priest who has a female partner of 22 years, was one of those nominated for bishop of Minnesota. That election was today and there turned out to be five candidates when balloting started. She was one of those who dropped out early on because of a low number of votes. The winner, Spokane priest Brian Prior, won on the fifth ballot. Read about it here on the Minnesota diocese's web site. Ms. Perry was always a dark horse, I thought, as Mr. Prior is vice president of the Episcopal House of Deputies, an exalted title in the Episcopal Church. When Ms. Perry ran for bishop of California (San Francisco) in 2006, she also did poorly.

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