Reply #5: There was a church similar to St. Joan in Portland, and when the

[Lydia Leftcoast]

bishop clamped down on them, they left the Catholic church with their priest. They had to give up their building, of course, so they rented space from my (Episcopal) parish. They became an independent parish that kept to Catholic forms of worship and spirituality but otherwise did things like performing marriage services for gay couples and having women in leadership roles.