(RNS)– The Episcopal Church’s administering bishop, Michael Curry, is arranged to have actually a pacemaker implanted Friday (March 1) to treat his atrial fibrillation, or irregular heart beat, the denomination revealed Thursday.
The treatment is anticipated to need an over night health center stay. Curry, who has actually been keeping to a lighter, customized work schedule while handling current health concerns, will continue doing so till his medical group launches him for extra responsibilities, the statement stated.
The Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs requested for continued prayers for Curry, his household and his medical group.
Curry, 70, remains in the in 2015 of his nine-year term as the 27th administering bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church.
Previously this month, he licensed Vice President of your home of Bishops Mary Gray-Reeves to perform choose tasks on his behalf as he recuperates from a Jan. 18 treatment to deal with repeating subdural hematomas, or brain bleeds.
Considering that May 2023, Curry has actually been getting medical treatment for internal bleeding and heart disease. He was hospitalized for internal bleeding in May and August, and in September, cosmetic surgeons performed a significant surgical treatment to eliminate his ideal adrenal gland and a noncancerous connected mass, which had actually been determined as the source of the bleeding. He was hospitalized from Sept. 20 till Oct. 5 for tracking.
He had extra surgical treatments on Dec. 4 to resolve subdural hematomas arising from a fall in Syracuse, New Yorkand on Jan. 6. The Jan. 18 treatment was meant to proactively avoid blood from pooling in the brain.
“I continue to be so happy for all your prayers, which have actually been operating in tandem with my medical group’s outstanding care. I count it a true blessing to be in a location with excellent research study healthcare facilities and in a caring church with such faithful, prayerful assistance,” Curry stated in a declaration before that surgical treatment.
In 2015, one month into his period, Curry was likewise hospitalized due to a brain bleed triggered by a fall on his very first day in workplace.
Recently, Curry revealed updates to the denomination’s clergy misbehavior procedure that would make it easier to report misbehavior, and to track the development of internal misbehavior grievances versus bishops.
Curry is presently himself the topic of an internal clergy misbehavior problem for his reaction to claims of psychological abuse made versus Bishop Prince Singh, the previous bishop of the Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan, who resigned from his post Sept. 8.
According to the upgraded website on the denomination’s site, the preliminary report on the problem including Curry was forwarded Sunday to a referral panel, which will satisfy to figure out next actions.