ASKED TO RESIGN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3782, 21 April 1928, Page 2

ASKED TO RESIGN.

BISHOP OF WAIKATO. DISSENSION IN DIOCESE. Hamilton, Yesterday. The- recent dissensions in the Waikato Diocese, partly relating to the Anglo-Catholic movement and partly personal, appear to be rea- 1 (diing a climax. A' meeting of 80 Claudelands (Hamilton) parishioners last night resolved without dissent : “That this meeting views with deep concern the present unhappy condition of Church affairs in the diocese, and is of the opinion that Bishop Cherrington has lost the confidence and support, of the great majority of clergy and laity, and in the interests of the Church he should be asked to resign his office.” It was also resolved: —“That this meeting of churchmen express appreciation of the course of action adopted by Canon Harvie in connection with Bishop Cherrington, and that this meeting is gratified that Canon Harvie is being reinstated to the various offices from which the Bishop attempted to remove him.”

Since the Bishop’s arrival, late in 1926, there has been a vigorous criticism in the Press and at public meetings of tendencies toward Catholicism. For unstated reasons Archdeacon Cowie early resigned as examining chaplain. Mr. Harty, vicar of Frankton, also resigned, and Canon Harvie was suspended from the Canonry. This suspension has since been cancelled. The Rev. Mi' Rich was dismissed from the position of domestic chaplain to the Bishop.