The Episcopal Church, long the church of the establishment in the United States, has been punished by the international Anglican Communion over its acceptance of same-sex marriage. The decision ...

The Anglican Communion suspended the Episcopal Church, it's American branch, from voting and decision-making for three years on Thursday over its acceptance of same-sex marriage.

The Rev. Alison Cheek, who battled canon law and centuries-old traditions to become one of the first female priests in the Episcopal Church and in 1974 was the first woman to administer the ...