Rochester parish may face extinction
A congregation of about 50 people in the Diocese of Rochester may be "declared extinct" if it cannot reach a compromise with Bishop Jack McKelvey.

The Rev. David Harnish and leaders of All Saints Episcopal Church in Rochester are scheduled to meet with the bishop on the afternoon of September 20 to discuss their conflicts. At the heart of those conflicts is the parish's sense that it cannot in good conscience pay its diocesan assessment.

"It would be a grievous breach of good conscience and Christian faith for the Vestry to 'support the work of the Diocese and the General Church' and would offer a sense of complicity or agreement which it cannot do under the present circumstances," the All Saints vestry said in a resolution on June 14. In that resolution, the vestry asked that the Anglican Communion's Panel of Reference offer its guidance for resolving the conflict.

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