Three Bishops have now left the Episcopal Church
by David Virtue, Virtueonline:
Three Episcopal bishops have now left TEC in recent months, indicating that the prevailing sin of homosexual behavior still doggedly pursues the consciences of orthodox bishops.
The most recent is Daniel W. Herzog, Albany VIII. He gave no indication as to his future plans.
Herzog was raised in the Roman Catholic Church but joined the Episcopal Church in the late 1960s. He studied at Nashotah House, graduated in 1970, and was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church. In 1997, he was elected Coadjutor-Bishop of Albany and the following year he succeeded as 8th Bishop of Albany when Bishop David Standish Ball retired. In 2003, he issued a pastoral letter opposing the election of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire, and opposing the blessing of sexual relationships outside marriage.
Herzog retired as Bishop of Albany on January 31, 2007. He was succeeded by Bishop William Love, who had been elected coadjutor bishop on March 25, 2006.
In March 2007, Herzog and his wife Carol joined the Roman Catholic Church. In an act of generosity, Bishop Love stated that Herzog and his wife would continue to be welcome at diocesan events.
In April 2010, presiding bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori restored Herzog to the ministry of the Episcopal Church. His return to ECUSA was page one news at the time.
In announcing his resignation from the House of Bishops and the Episcopal Church, Herzog told Presiding Bishop Michael Curry that it was “because of the direction of the church and I affirmed it was.”
Herzog said his action was without any anger or animosity, only sadness on the parting of friends. He said 2021 marked fifty years of ordination.
The recent departure of the Rt. Rev. William Love Bishop of Albany IX over his refusal to embrace General Convention Resolution B012 mandating homosexual marriage, resulted in his resignation from the Episcopal Church.
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