ASKED TO RESIGN

Waipa Post, Volume 36, Issue 2147, 21 April 1928, Page 4

ASKED TO RESIGN

BISHOP CHERRINGTON. "IN THE INTERESTS OF THE CHURCH." . 1 . (By Telegraph —Press Association). HAMILTON, Friday. "That this meeting views with deep concern the present unhappy condition of affairs in the diocese, and is of opinion that Bishop Cherrington has lost the confidence and support of the great majority of the clergy and laity and that, in the interests of the Church, he should be asked to resign from his office." The foreging resolution was declared carried at a meeting of over 70 ' parishioners of Claudelands last evenI ing. Mr E. H. Hammond presided, Dean Barnett having vacated the chair at the end of the annual meeting. Mr Hammond declared that the tremendous enthusiasm which existed in the diocese when the bishop took up office little more than a year ago, had given place to a general feeling of dissatisfaction. He referred to the resignations and removal of clergy that had taken place in the diocese since Bishop Cherrington took up office. He did not suggest that the bishop was wholly responsible for these resignations and .removals. The present state of affairs was intolerable and the people wanted to know where they stood. After the motion had been declared carried, Mr Mercer moved and Mr J. Whittom seconded a motion, "That this meeting of churchmen expresses its appreciation of the course of action adopted by Canon Harvie in connection with his differences with Bishop Cherrington, and this meeting is grateful that Canon Harvie has been reinstated in the various offices from which the 1 bishop attempted to remove him." ]''■'■" This motion was carried unanimously and with applause. It was< resolved to forward the resolutions to'General Synod and Standing Committee,'