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N.H. Episcopalians may elect 2d gay bishop

Vote less charged than in 2003

By Lisa Wangsness

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 30, 2012

Nine years after electing the first openly gay bishop in the history of their church, causing a rift in the worldwide Anglican Communion that remains unrepaired, New Hampshire Episcopalians may choose a second gay man as their leader. The Rev. William W. Rich, a senior associate rector at Trinity Church in Boston and a married gay man, is one of three priests nominated by a diocesan search committee to succeed Bishop V. Gene Robinson, who is retiring.

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