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10-August-1998 
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    Moderator Issues Retraction of Comment 
    Made at Assembly 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-The Rev. Douglas W. Oldenburg, moderator of the 210th 
General Assembly (1998), has issued a retraction of a statement he made 
during the debate in Charlotte over the National Network of Presbyterian 
College Women. 
 
    The full text of Oldenburg's retraction, which was received by the 
Presbyterian News Service on July 27: 
 
    "In a statement I made to the 210th General Assembly and in subsequent 
correspondence, I said that previous General Assemblies have had 
demonstrations in plenary sessions by the pro-life and gay and lesbian 
constituencies expressing their pain.  I am told that the pro-life 
constituency has not done so, and I apologize for my error." 

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