episcopacy

McKenzie, now retired, was later joined by more women bishops, though men still comprise most of the AME episcopacy.

This is a reference to the Root and Branch Bill of 1641, which sought to abolish episcopacy, and led directly to the Civil War.

Given Bransfield’s nearly 14-year episcopacy, Quirk and other diocesan officials must answer for why they waited until Bransfield’s retirement to blow the whistle.

The episcopacy as an institution has been corrupted.

“The en masse resignation of the Chilean episcopacy is as stunning as it is necessary,” said Anne Barrett Doyle of the online resource BishopAccountability, which has tracked more than 80 cases of accused priests in Chile.