From The Living Church (Geoff and I were seminary classmates)
The Rev. Geoffrey A. Little, who has served as a church planter in the Diocese of Connecticut for more than 18 years, resigned his orders as an Episcopal priest July 1.
Little and his bishop, the Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, announced his resignation in a joint statement issued June 27.
Little, who served most recently as priest in charge of St. Luke’s in the New Haven neighborhood known as Fair Haven, plans to start a new parish, All Nations Anglican Church, in the same community. It will be affiliated with the Anglican Church of North America.
Little told the New Haven Register that he thinks up to 90 percent of the congregation may follow him to the new parish. Little is not attempting a legal challenge about the diocese’s control of property at St. Luke’s, and the diocese intends to continue providing ministry to members of the parish.
The joint statement by Little and Douglas was both amicable and respectful.
“Geoff’s departure from the Episcopal Church represents a significant loss for the Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, and for our urban ministry in New Haven,” the statement said. “Geoff has been a very faithful and hardworking missionary in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut for over 18 years. The diocese is less because of his departure.”
More here-
http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2010/7/1/missioner-leaves-connecticut-diocese
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