Zwilling reiterated that Rutler had "voluntarily stepped away from his duties as pastor." He said the archdiocese is "fully cooperating" with the district attorney's office in its investigation.
The priest has apparently curtailed all public activity.
The outspoken priest is maintaining his innocence amid an investigation into an allegation that he sexually assaulted a female security guard earlier this month.
Read more"This Advent, we feel called to name the truth that the sin of racism and white supremacy is ongoing. People continue to be subjected to and oppressed by these systemic evils, even within our own churches and the ecumenical movement," said their leaders.
"For the sake of our common mission and witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ, we share a commitment to dismantling racism and combating white supremacy, and we actively seek opportunities to engage more deeply."
Read moreThis recent wave of anger is a colossal setback for the Church of England, which has been trying to navigate the sexual waters of compromise with the LLF report, a senior church official told VOL.
Earlier, Church of England lesbian activist Jayne Ozanne lashed out at conservatives, likening their views to Holocaust deniers and rapists. Ozanne stated that she and her pansexual friends would not negotiate with the LLF report if they did not accept her sexual preferences.
Read moreWELBY: And you tossed him out for not upholding traditional views on marriage?
CURRY: It was the will of General Convention...and you should talk. It looks like you and the CofE are heading in the same direction.
WELBY: Yes, but we are the Mother church and we can do no wrong, and you are to follow us, not lead.
CURRY: Says who?
Read moreOzanne, a General Synod member and LGBT activist ripped their views, saying that churches holding to Bible's teaching on sexual ethics are "Holocaust deniers" and "rapists".
A statement issued by the Ozanne Foundation, of which Jayne Ozanne is the founder and director, welcomed the resource. But the activist was outraged that LGBT people should be asked to "listen and learn" from "conservative communities of faith".
Read moreAs David of Samizdat, a Canadian blogger noted, "At the same time, the Primate has, in her multi-letter rainbow spectrum, a letter "T" secreted between the letters "B" and "Q". "T" stands for "Transgender", a person who chooses to assert that his sex differs from the category imposed on him by his chromosomes. We are all expected to go along with this choice, this fantasy: to do otherwise would be an affront to his dignity and, possibly a criminal act.
Read moreBishop Love is a godly and good man, said Beach. "I am so thankful for his faithful stand regarding the office of a diocesan bishop and for keeping to the teaching and moral ethics of the Bible as he has served in the Episcopal Church here in North America. He is a man who has felt the full weight and responsibility of his calling and has sought to humbly follow the Lord's direction.
Read moreThe net effect is that it is going to be an uphill battle to make new converts from here on out. It is my belief that it will take two generations to recover the gospel from the clutches of Donald Trump's America and evangelicals' alliance with right wing politics.
Read moreEpiscopal church leaders raised holy hands and lifted up V. Gene Robinson, a married heterosexual turned homosexual, once married to a woman, then married to a man and later divorcing him; then making him a bishop in God's One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
Read moreReleased this week, LLF openly and deliberately pushes multiple sexualities on video and word that fully embrace homosexual behavior and transgenderism. Scripture plays a secondary role in determining truth about sexuality.
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