NEW YORK: July 12, 2013 ( ROCOR ) - An Extraordinary Session of the Synod of Bishops is Held On Wednesday, July 10, 2013, an extraordinary session of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia was held, presided over by its First Hierarch, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York. Participating in the meeting were permanent members of the Synod of Bishops: His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany; His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America; His Eminence Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal and Canada, and His Grace Bishop Peter of Cleveland, Administrator of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America. Deliberating on the matter of Bishop Jerome of Manhattan, the Synod of Bishops made a decision as follows: “During a meeting of the Synod of Bishops on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, presided over by the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, A DECISION WAS MADE: on the activities of Bishop Jerome of Ma...
Simple answer: no.
ReplyDeleteNow take a deep breath and the answer will still be the same.
So the fuss is? What?
I do not understand your meaning Bozo2U
DeleteThe premise of the bill, at it's best, is that human justice for sexually abused people is paramount over every other concern. At worst it is an expression of the secular world's fear and contempt for any body who purports to answer to a higher law.
ReplyDeleteThat the RCC has done serious damage to their own position by violating that higher calling frequently is without doubt.
However, if this bill passed it will be used as a precedent for DAs to investigate any crime including "hate speech" and other ideological "crimes".
Still, the real Church will survive and even thrive if we each actually practice living a repentant life while seeking God fervently.
I have a question? What is the Orthodox practice regarding the privacy of confession?
ReplyDeleteIt's always easy to say no, or I forgot. Probably won't get used very much.
ReplyDeleteTo the cofessor. what is said there is buried there.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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