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problem to his candidacy. The search committee told her, Andrews said, that
Privett did not think it would pose a problem." Privett later told media that his comments were "off the cuff," based on Worley's then-residence in the Diocese of Caledonia. "In itself, it may or may not have been an issue," Privett said. "At that point, it didn’t seem to be, because he was functioning in the Diocese of Caledonia and I’d assumed that the Diocese of Caledonia had received him in due order. . . . It was only when it came to the House of Bishops, when we were looking primarily at the criteria in the provincial canon, that we recognized that we needed to look further than we had been before."
365:. At the time of his election, Worley told the diocese that "the Lord put the Pacific Northwest in our hearts years ago when I distinctly heard Him tell me, 'These are your people. This is your place.' . . . When God calls us, He appoints us to a people, a place, and an office or task. . . . The people of the Pacific Northwest are our people. It is our place where we are called. And I know that I am called to the office of bishop because the local body of clergy and lay have affirmed it once already."
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Anglican Church. "We want to believe that this decision was reached in a fair and reasonable manner, but we are also aware that to many Anglicans in the pew it looks unfair and deliberately
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Anglican Church of Canada a fine priest and should-be bishop in Jacob Worley and a fine bishop in William Anderson. It has devastated the Diocese of Caledonia, destroyed a parish and undermined the credibility of all involved."
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