Melish Return?

The Melishes of Brooklyn were back in the news. Ever since the ouster two years ago of Rector John Howard Melish and his far-leftish son and assistant, William Howard, Brooklyn's Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity has been without a full-time rector. Meanwhile, nine anti-Melish vestrymen (whose petition to Long Island Bishop James Pernette De Wolfe led to the ouster) have been replaced in parish elections. Last week, by a vote of 119 to 11, the congregation handed the new vestrymen the name of the man they want for rector. The name: William Howard Melish. Further recommendation by the congregation: that father John Howard be invited back as pastor emeritus. The vestrymen promised to think it over.

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