Religion Roundup
Former Episcopal Bishop of Washington Dies at 73
Associated Press
March 27, 2008
WASHINGTON - The former Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Ronald Haines, who ordained a lesbian priest and presided over the marriage of Vice President Al Gore's daughter, has died at age 73.
Church officials say he died at his home from complications with cancer on March 21st.
Haines was an advocate for the ordination of women priests and defended gender equality in the Episcopal church. His ordination of a lesbian, the Reverend Elizabeth Carl, sparked protests.
According to a 1992 article in The Washington Post, one of the bishop's most vocal critics was his wife, Mary, who was vice president of the National Organization of Episcopalians for Life. She even favored her husband's censure, which he narrowly avoided, at a national gathering of bishops.
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