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As gay bishop's consecration nears, Episcopalians talk of schism.
Byline: David O'Reilly
To the delight of its many liberal members, the Episcopal Church USA is poised on Sunday to install the first publicly gay bishop in its history.
But the Rev. V. Gene Robinson's consecration as the next bishop of New Hampshire has incensed church conservatives, many of whom warn it will split their 2.4-million-member denomination and the worldwide Anglican Communion to which it belongs.
"On Monday morning, the ECUSA will be out of relationship with most of the world's Anglican churches," the Rev. Bill Atwood, secretary of the Ekklesia Society, an orthodox Anglican group, predicted Thursday.
There is little agreement, however, over whether the church will actually splinter _ and what that would look like.
"I don't believe this is a schismatic issue," the Bishop Charles Bennison, head of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, said ...
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