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Friday’s religion news roundup: Episcopal abuse, Steven Spielberg, Prop 8

By: Tracy Simmons

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November 18, 2011

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In a reminder that bad decisions on abusers aren’t limited to theCatholic ChurchorPenn State,Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schorisaid she ordained a former monk as an Episcopal priest even though he was booted from the abbey for improper contact with a minor. KJSsaystheRev. Bede Parryseemed to have “demonstrated repentance and amendment of life.” Now, however, it looks like there are quite a few skeletons in Parry’s closet, andtongues are waggingthat KJS either overlooked them, didn’t know or didn’t ask enough questions. From the Dept. of Separate but Related, 3 in 4Australianssay theabuse of minorsis their biggest stumbling block in their views of Christianity. TheCalifornia Supreme Courtgave the OK for backers ofProp 8to defend it in a federal appeals court after California’s governor and attorney general took a pass. Read full post here.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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