A top Lutheran bishop issued a public apology to a majority Latino congregation in California for how they were treated after their pastor was fired by the denomination's first transgender bishop.
FILE - Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, left, listens as Bishop Megan Rohrer speaks to the media before their installation ceremony at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Rohrer is the first openly transgender person elected as bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, issued a public apology Tuesday, Aug.
The series of events that led to the apology began on Dec. 12 when the Rev. Megan Rohrer, the denomination's first transgender bishop who oversaw one of the church's 65 synods, announced to the congregation that their pastor, the Rev. Nelson Rabell-Gonzalez, had been removed over allegations of verbal harassment and retaliation. Rohrer oversaw nearly 200 congregations in northern California and northern Nevada.
Jovita Torres Pérez, a congregant from the California church, delivered an emotional address in Spanish, saying it was not easy for her and other church members “to be here.” Eaton invited those in attendance to write on ribbons their laments and prayers for the congregation, the church and the world, and tie them onto a wired crossed that will be on display during the assembly.
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