Diocese of Albany affirms Clerical standards

Yesterday the Diocese of Albany passed the following resolution:

Standards for Election, Licensing, Ordination and Consecration

Canon 11.8
STANDARDS FOR CLERGY

Standards for Ordination and Consecration

11.8.a To be eligible to be ordained to the Diaconate or Priesthood, or consecrated a Bishop, a person must live withing the covenant of marriage between one man and one woman, or be celibate and abstinent.

Standards for Election, Appointing, and Licensing

11.8.b To be eleigible to be elected, appointed or licensed to any position of ordained ministry in the Diocese a member of the clergy must live within the covenant of Marriage between one man and one woman, or be celibate and abstinent.


Clergy: For 110, Against 9, Abstain 0
Lay: For 70, Against 20, Abstain 4