By Douglas Todd
The Canadian Anglican Church’s top governing body on the weekend elected an openly gay Vancouver priest as second-in-command for its historic General Synod, at which delegates will be holding a contentious vote on same-sex blessings.
Peter Elliott, dean of downtown Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral, was elected prolocutor, or chair, of the once-every-three-year convention by a vote of 161 to 116 over his nearest competitor, Reverend Peter Irish of Fredericton, New Brunswick. The prolocutor is, next to the primate, the senior officer of General Synod.
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