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567:(1979), he defended his position by arguing that many priests were homosexuals but few had the courage to acknowledge it. His liberal political views were coupled with fierce traditionalism when it came to the liturgy and even the creed. In his writings and sermons he sometimes described himself as "born again", referring to his awakening to a fervent Christocentric faith as a boarding school student.
656:(W. W. Norton, 2008). In addition, she described a call she received six months after her father's death from a man, identified in the article by a pseudonym, who was the only person named in Moore's will who was unknown to the family. Honor Moore learned from the man that he had been her father's longtime lover and that they had traveled together to Patmos in Greece and elsewhere.
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Jenny McKean Moore died of colon cancer in 1973. Eighteen months later Moore married Brenda Hughes Eagle, a childless widow twenty two years his junior. She died of alcoholism in 1999. It was she who discovered his bisexual infidelity, around 1990, and made it known to his children, who kept the
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activism. Throughout his career he spoke out against homelessness and racism. He was an effective advocate of the interests of cities, once calling the corporations abandoning New York "rats leaving a sinking ship". He was the first
Episcopal bishop to ordain an openly
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and a follower of George Luks.) Together they had nine children (and, at his death, many grandchildren). Jenny McKean Moore published a well reviewed account of their decade together in the slums of Jersey City under the title
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Indianapolis, Indiana. Moore introduced the conservative Midwestern capital to social activism through his work in the inner city. Moore served in Indianapolis until he was elected
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Episcopal cleric in the United States, and among the best known of Christian clergy in any denomination.
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of New York in 1972 and held that position until 1989.
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1057:Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States)
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763:"Guadalcanal Veterans Return"
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122:Coadjutor Bishop of New York
1052:LGBTQ people from New Jersey
584:The Church Reclaims the City
563:in the church. In his book,
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157:Arthur C. Lichtenberger
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288:Brenda Hughes Eagle
221:Stonington Cemetery
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