Episcopalians: Attorney for the Defense

Before he became a priest of the Episcopal Church, San Francisco's Bishop James A. Pike was a lawyer. Last week, at a meeting of the House of Bishops in East Glacier, Mont., Pike showed that he still has his old court room skill. The 142 assembled prelates considered two issues in which he was attorney for the defense. Pike won one case and established significant precedents in the other.

The most dramatic question before the bishops was whether to take up a proposal by 13 Arizona clergymen that Pike be tried for heresy. They charged that he has denied such...

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