London's awesome St. Paul's Cathedral was the scene of a solemn occasion last weekthe election of a new Bishop of London. Behind tight-shut gates covered by pink curtains gathered 18 members of the cathedral's Great Chapter, led by Dean Walter Matthews. With appropriate portentousness, the dean questioned the assemblage: Should the election be "by acclamation, by scrutiny or by compromise"? It was decided that it should be "by scrutiny," i.e., secret ballot. And that was odd, as Tweedledum might say, because the Bishop of Peterborough, Robert W. Stopford, had already been chosen by the Queen to be Bishop of London. If...
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