From The Washington Post- (More links below)Facing a manslaughter trial next month in the drunk-driving death of a bicyclist, a top Maryland bishop was defrocked Friday by the Episcopal Church. Heather Cook was the first female bishop in the Diocese of Maryland, which also announced Friday that she has lost her position there.
Cook’s resignation as an employee of 44,000-person diocese ends what was an embarrassing employment issue for the diocese. Bishop Eugene Sutton, the diocese’s leader, had asked in January for her to step down and thousands of Episcopalians were on Facebook pages calling for her to leave her job and to face tough criminal charges.
More here-
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/05/01/top-female-episcopal-bishop-defrocked-four-months-after-her-dui-arrest-in-bicyclists-death/
Baltimore Brew-
https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2015/05/01/heather-cook-is-defrocked-as-priest-of-episcopal-church/
Baltimore Sun-
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-bishop-cook-resigns-2-20150501-story.html
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