Controversial Episcopal seminary dean Katherine Ragsdale to step down

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

(RNS) The dean of a flagship Episcopal seminary will step down after a stormy tenure, conflicts with faculty and larger debates over the future of theological education.

The Very Rev. Katherine Hancock Ragsdale announced her decision not to continue as dean and president of Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., when her contract expires at the end of June. Ragsdale is the second-ever female chief and the first lesbian to become leader of an Episcopal seminary.

Ragsdale said she had asked EDS trustees “if possible, to expedite the process of naming a successor so that I may explore new opportunities. Of course I will do everything I can to insure a smooth transition.”

http://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/06/controversial-episcopal-seminary-dean-katherine-ragsdale-step/

I have heard some good and not some good things about her. I wish her the best.