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New allegations delay Episcopal vote on gay bishop

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New allegations delay Episcopal vote on gay bishop
Updated: 8/4/2003 4:27 PM
By: Associated Press

(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Episcopal Church leaders have delayed a vote on whether to confirm the denomination's first openly gay bishop.

A church spokesman says allegations involving "touching" and "pornography" have emerged against the Reverend Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.

The spokesman says Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold is expected to make a statement later today.

Robinson, a 56-year-old divorced father of two, has been attending the convention in Minneapolis with his daughter and his male partner of 13 years.

The church's House of Deputies voted yesterday to confirm him as bishop, but a final vote by the House of Bishops is on hold after the new allegations.