Former Bishop Megan Rohrer, forced to resign, sues ELCA
Bishop Meghan Rohrer speaks to the press before his installation ceremony at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on September 11, 2021. (AP Photo/John Hefti, File)
When Megan Rohrer was elected bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2021, he was celebrated as the first openly transgender bishop in the country’s largest Lutheran denomination.
Less than a year later, Rohrer was forced to resign after removing a Latino pastor, appearing at the pastor’s church in Stockton, California, to announce the termination as the congregation gathered to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Now Rohrer is suing the denomination, claiming he was “scapegoated” and cast as racist for following orders, and charging that Lutheran leaders discriminated against him.
