A United Church minister who had faced an unprecedented ecclesiastical court hearing over her professed atheism is no longer in danger of a defrocking after the two sides reached an agreement in the long-running case. Gretta Vosper and the church settled ahead of what some had dubbed a “heresy trial,” leaving her free to minister to her east-end Toronto congregation. Gretta Vosper holds a Sunday service at West Hill United Church in Scarborough in a Jan. 24, 2015, file photo. Richard Bott, who was elected in July to lead the United Church in Canada, said in a public message that he was pleased with the resolution. Article Continued BelowMost of her current congregants are supportive of her views but some have been critical, saying her beliefs are at fundamental odds with the doctrine and values of the United Church, Canada’s second-largest religious denomination.

Source: thestar November 09, 2018 18:17 UTC