ANDREW PEARSON LEAVES
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
As of today, 19 May 2021, Andrew Pearson is no longer an ordained clergyman of the Episcopal Church.
The Diocese of Alabama announced this today. Find it here .
On Monday, 17 May, Pearson officially petitioned the bishop of Alabama, the Rt. Rev. Glenda Curry, for a certificate of Release and Removal from the ordained ministry of the Episcopal Church. That evening, the bishop agreed to grant it.
The official document of the Release and Removal is available in the announcement. It is dated today, May 19, 2021. This revokes Andrew Pearson's ordination in the Episcopal Church. He will no longer be able to function as an ordained clergyman in the Episcopal Church.
Pearson had been employed as a priest at the Episcopal Cathedral Church of the Advent, in Birmingham, AL, for the past nine and a half years, the last seven as Dean of the Cathedral and Rector of the parish.
In his letter to his "Friends" dated May 17, 2021, Pearson had hinted at such. He said he would temporarily be a part of St. Peter's Anglican Church, in Mountain Brook, a congregation of the Anglican Church in North America. After that, he said he would be forming a new church of his followers and encouraged his "Friends" to join him.
Andrew Pearson has now officially left the Episcopal Church. It is hard to imagine this would be a surprise to anyone.
