[DOC] [TLE] Episcopal Heresy Trial Tests Gay Clergy Issue - tribunedigital ... [PAR] Feb 28, 1996 ... Nine bishops assembled as an ecclesiastical court to hear the case ... the 
accused cleric, Walter Righter, retired bishop of Iowa, sat quietly at ... Among 
mainline U.S. Christian denominations, only the United ... If found guilty of heresy, 
the maximum penalty Righter could receive would be to be defrocked. [DOC] [TLE] Christian heresy in the modern era - Wikipedia [PAR] Although less common than in the medieval period, formal charges of heresy 
within Christian ... Different denominations are free to craft their own 
interpretation of .... It was a mock trial because Baptists do not allow for a church 
court above the ..... Walter Cameron Righter, assistant bishop of Newark, faced a 
church court... [DOC] [TLE] Discord Likely At Church Meeting Controversial Issues Are On The ... [PAR] Jul 15, 1997 ... And this is the city where the Episcopal Church might come apart in 1997. ... 
educated, and liberal of the nation's major religious denominations. ... (In a 
celebrated ``heresy'' trial last year, retired Bishop Walter Righter was charged by 
... The ecclesiastical court, made up of nine bishops, found Righter not... [DOC] [TLE] Bishop Walter C. Righter, 87, Dies; Faced Heresy Trial - The New ... [PAR] Sep 17, 2011 ... Basically, my response is, it's absurd, he told The New York Times. I'm not 
guilty of heresy. There isn't anything in the church's canons or... [DOC] [TLE] Court's Official Decision in Righter Heresy Trial [PAR] The Court today is not giving an opinion on the morality of same gender 
relationships. ... In the Presentment, it is alleged that Walter C. Righter, retired 
Bishop of Iowa, .... The kerygma is found in the life and teaching of Jesus and the 
preaching .... position in the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity of Richard Hooker (
1554-1600),... [DOC] [TLE] oppressed embezzler [PAR] "The heresy trial will cause a big reaction," predicts the Rev. ... "The betting is that 
because the trial court is unbalanced on the revisionists' side, it may well state 
that the Episcopal Church has no doctrine on homosexuality. ... to the alleged 
crimes of conviction by Bishop Righter by calling him before an ecclesiastical 
court. [DOC] [TLE] The Episcopal Church and homosexuality - Religious tolerance [PAR] Dec 2, 2000 ... Bishop Walter Righter is currently the retired bishop of Iowa. ... Should he be 
found guilty, we are guilty. ... Adelia McLeod (Vermont) as stating, "I do not think 
heresy is the issue. ... An ecclesiastical hearing was convened on 1996-FEB-27 
as the ... Righter. On 1996-MAY-15, the Court for the Trial of a Bishop... [DOC] [TLE] Mark Tooley: My Evening with Bishop John Shelby Spong [PAR] Mar 25, 2010 ... No doubt Spong is accustomed to giving such explanations. ... retired from the 
Episcopal Church, has long been an ecclesiastical provocateur. ... him into that 
denomination, and he found himself moving toward a high-church, ... His 
associate bishop, Walter Righter, would ultimately face a rare Episcopal... [DOC] [TLE] Marriage, Divorce, and "Pro-Family" by Richard John Neuhaus ... [PAR] Jun 1, 1996 ... (There were then clear criteria for determining guilt and innocence.) ... been 
divorced more than once, and much the same is true of other denominations. ... 
Of course an annulment does not dissolve a valid marriage but is a ..... on the 
heresy trial of retired Episcopal Bishop Walter C. Righter for having... [DOC] [TLE] VIRTUEONLINE Digest - 17 Aug 2007 to 24 Aug 2007 (#2007-38 ... [PAR] The proper epitaph to write for a Christian believer is not a dismal and uncertain 
..... of the Ecclesiastical Court of Central Africa to block the consecration of 
Henderson, who ..... Retired Iowa Bishop Walter Righter who walked away from 
the Righter Trial, having been found "not guilty" of ordaining a known sodomite to 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Methodist | Spirit Of A Liberal | Spirit of a Liberal [PAR] The United Church of Christ

Question: An ecclesiastical court of this U.S. denomination found Bishop Walter Righter not guilty of heresy
Answer: Episcopal Church