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| | Pledges cut to Episcopal diocese - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | The northern tier of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, the country's largest diocese at 86,527 adherents, is in an ecclesiastical civil war with its Richmond-based bishop, the Rt. |
 | | At Truro Episcopal Church in Fairfax, the second-largest parish in the diocese with a $3.5 million annual budget and 1,700 worshippers at weekend services, church leaders decided to halt confirmation classes altogether rather than risk a confrontation. |
 | | Bishop Lee is scheduled to visit the Episcopal Church of South Riding in eastern Loudoun County in May, but "few if any people will choose to be confirmed because of the direction the bishop has taken," said the Rev. Phil Ashey, pastor of the 3-year-old congregation of 80 to 100 people. |
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