Rev. Megan Rohrer addresses a congregation as they grow to be the primary brazenly transgender bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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A transgender Lutheran bishop in California resigned over allegations of racism from the congregation.
San Francisco bishop Megan Rohrer turned the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America’s first brazenly transgender bishop final yr. Rohrer confronted backlash following a December vote to oust Rev. Nelson Rabell-Gonzalez as pastor over his mostly-Latino congregation following an investigation into verbal harassment allegations, NBC Information reported.
Video footage reveals Rohrer saying Gonzalez’s removing on December 12. The distraught congregation will be heard yelling questions and complaints at Rohrer.
“Pastor Nelson has labored loads for at the present time to occur. He has performed loads for our group. He has fought for our rights,” one congregant stated, in accordance with the Related Press.
The church later arrange a panel to listen to complaints from Gonzalez’s congregation, who have been deeply sad with their pastor’s removing.
Rohrer had reportedly worn a bulletproof vest to the December 12 service saying Gonzalez’s removing and had threatened to name the police on a pair of congregants, in accordance with the AP.
Some congregants alleged that Rohrer had carried out the firing in a racist method, and the panel in the end advisable racial sensitivity coaching for Rohrer and different church leaders.
Rohrer addressed a letter of resignation to the church synod Saturday, blaming “the fixed misinformation, bullying and harassment” for the choice.
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