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North Elbian Synod Chooses Non-Gay Bishop for Schleswig
Abstract: Loss is first for gay candidates for bishop in the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church.
On July 12, by a vote of 77 - 56, the Synod of the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church chose Gerhard Ulrich (right in photo) provost of Kappeln-an-der-Schlei to serve as bishop for the Diocese of Schleswig. Rev. Ulrich defeated Rev. Horst Gorski (left in photo) of Hamburg. Rev. Gorski is the first acknowledged gay candidate to be put forward for the office of bishop in the North Elbian Church.
After the election, Gorski told reporters that the vote had not been decided on the issue of homosexuality, but reflected the relative strengths of rural and urban concerns in the synod.
