Episcopal Diocese of New York set to apologize for the church's role in slavery

WNYC News | Mar 24, 2023
The Episcopal Diocese of New York announced that it intends to issue a formal apology on Saturday for the “participation and complicity of the diocese” in the transatlantic slave trade and its “continuing aftermath and consequences.”
The “Service of Apology for Slavery” is set to take place during a ceremony at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Upper Manhattan and follows a process through which every parish in the diocese was asked to investigate connections to slavery, said the Right Rev. Andrew M.L. Dietsche, bishop of the New York diocese.
Morning Edition Host Michael Hill discussed the apology, and the thinking behind it, with Assistant Bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of New York Mary Glasspool.

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