Freedom? Conscience? Ecumenism? Episcopal Bishops Defend Their Last Dogma
In late 2023, the school began using the chapel of the General Theological Seminary in Chelsea, New York, an institution of the Episcopal church.
Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm, the school sings choral vespers with Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony in the chapel of the seminary.
Now it has asked for a long-term contract, but the lay bishops are resisting on the grounds that the group's founder follows the Bible's teaching on homosexual sin. The Episcopal Church in the United States has long been infiltrated by homosexual propagandists.
The School of Sacred Music is a subsidiary of the non-profit Ithuriel Fund, which has assets of more than $75 million. Its principal donor is Colin Moran, an investment fund manager who is also chairman and president of the Institute on Religion and Public Life. The Institute publishes 'First Things', a Catholic magazine that takes a healthy view of human sexuality.
In this case, however, money may be stronger than the ideology of the lay bishops. The president of the seminary, Ian Markham, admitted that the lease with The School of Sacred Music was necessary for his institution to remain solvent.
Nicky Burridge, spokeswoman for the seminary, told CatholicNewsAgency.com (17 April) that "nothing has changed" regarding the plan for the school to use the chapel.
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