The Episcopal Church, long the church of the establishment in the United States, has been punished by the international Anglican Communion over its acceptance of same-sex marriage. The decision ...

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The Rev. Alison Cheek, who battled canon law and centuries-old traditions to become one of the first female priests in the Episcopal Church and in 1974 was the first woman to administer the ...

The Anglican Communion suspended the Episcopal Church, it's American branch, from voting and decision-making for three years on Thursday over its acceptance of same-sex marriage.