A145 (Urging Pastoral Compassion and Discretion for Clergy and Laity Who Disclose Diverse Family and Household Structures)
House of Deputies Message #180
The House of Deputies informs the House of Bishops that on Jun 26, 2024 it considered resolution A145 (Urging Pastoral Compassion and Discretion for Clergy and Laity Who Disclose Diverse Family and Household Structures). The house acted to:
Take No Further Action
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 81st General Convention urge Bishops, Standing Committees, and disciplinary authorities to exercise pastoral compassion and discretion during the 2024-2027 triennium with those clergy and laity who disclose the diverse ways in which they are forming family and household structures that seek to be holy, faithful and lifegiving, pending a review by the Task Force to Study Household and Relationship Diversity of the application of Canons I.17.5, and III.1.2 across the Episcopal Church with respect to marital status and family status.