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But the splits within the ELCA, which is more than twice the Episcopal Church's size, are getting ugly in their own way. Pastors taking their churches out of the ELCA are making charges of "unethical, immoral and in some cases, illegal" acts by bishops and other officials, Mr. Kallestad said.

"I'm talking to some pastors and leaders from many states around the nation, whose [ELCA] bishops are becoming very hostile," Mr. Kallestad said.

The ELCA has its own Gaystapo?

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. Pastors taking their churches out of the ELCA are making charges of "unethical, immoral and in some cases, illegal" acts by bishops and other officials, Mr. Kallestad said.

The ELCA has its own Gaystapo?

Aye, I've had that charge of being "immoral" leveled at me in abstentia by retired clergy.

Thankfully, the revisionista Dean gave him the smackdown for his own violation of Matthew 18.