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A lay member of The Episcopal Church Executive Council has resigned, believing that the mainline denomination's leadership failed to be more inclusive of minorities.
Sandra Teresa Soledad Montes Vela, a lay Executive Council member who identifies as pansexual, took to Facebook on Oct. 23 to announce her resignation from the church leadership body.
“October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I must also name spiritual and institutional violence," she stated in a post quoted by Episcopal News Service.
"I've been reminded that love without safety is not love, and faith without truth is not faith. I can no longer keep going back to be hurt, hoping the cycle has ended."
In a follow-up Facebook post on Oct. 24, Montes said that she refused "to let the Episcopal Church's wounds and oppressive systems become part of my narrative."
"My voice has been consistent — calling for Spanish language justice, Indigenous justice, Latinx justice, and queer celebration, not tolerance. That work doesn't end with my resignation," she stated.
"I pray my departure brings even a little change. Maybe without the 'aggressive and scary' Brown, Indigenous, Latinx, Queer, cis, fat woman with an 'undesirable' accent, and a voice too loud and angry in the room … Executive Council will look inward and face what I named in every meeting."
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Sandra Teresa Soledad Montes Vela, a lay Executive Council member who identifies as pansexual, took to Facebook on Oct. 23 to announce her resignation from the church leadership body.
“October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I must also name spiritual and institutional violence," she stated in a post quoted by Episcopal News Service.
"I've been reminded that love without safety is not love, and faith without truth is not faith. I can no longer keep going back to be hurt, hoping the cycle has ended."
In a follow-up Facebook post on Oct. 24, Montes said that she refused "to let the Episcopal Church's wounds and oppressive systems become part of my narrative."
"My voice has been consistent — calling for Spanish language justice, Indigenous justice, Latinx justice, and queer celebration, not tolerance. That work doesn't end with my resignation," she stated.
"I pray my departure brings even a little change. Maybe without the 'aggressive and scary' Brown, Indigenous, Latinx, Queer, cis, fat woman with an 'undesirable' accent, and a voice too loud and angry in the room … Executive Council will look inward and face what I named in every meeting."
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Episcopal Church Executive Council member resigns over 'white comfort,' 'oppressive systems'
A lay member of The Episcopal Church Executive Council has resigned, believing that the mainline denomination s leadership failed to be more inclusive of minorities
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