Updated Monday, December 10, 2007 0:00 am TWN, AFP California diocese secedes from Episcopalian ChurchThe decision was supported by a strong majority of delegates at the 48th San Joaquin Diocesan Convention in the town of Fresno. “For twenty years and more we have watched The Episcopal Church lose its way: straying, at first, from Scripture ... and, finally, on to unilateral decisions about theology, sexuality, and ordination potentially cutting itself off from the Anglican Communion,” John-David Schofield, the bishop of San Joaquin, told delegates Friday. | Breaking News Most Read |