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The Rev. Canon V. Gene Robinson returned to St. Paul’s, his home church in Concord, to the hugs and handshakes of hundreds of parishioners and led the blessing there for the first time since becoming the first openly gay Episcopalian confirmed as a bishop.
The service was more crowded than usual for a Sunday in August. “There was a lot more energy than usual too,” said church member Robyn Cotton. A few families have left the church because of Robinson’s election, but the excitement has been a positive, she said.
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