I don’t think I’ll ever forget the conversation I had with a Minnesota Lutheran a while back, wherein she referred to the controversy within the Anglican Communion over a gay bishop as “quite the deal.” It was a very “Fargo” moment.

I’m reminded of that phrase by the reaction to Honor Moore’s New Yorker profile of her father, the late Bishop Paul Moore of New York, in which she outs him as a longtime, closeted bisexual.

The profile has stirred up quite the storm.

Letters published in this week’s New Yorker include a missive from Moore’s siblings, who lament that “both of our parents’ good legacies have been damaged.”

Episcopal priest the Rev. Scott Barker writes to say that Moore’s legacy as a crusader on behalf of the last and the least remains, despite questions about his sexuality.

Still another Episcopal priest, this one from Baltimore, my fair city, says the story “illustrates the necessity for our church to struggle honestly with the issue of healthy sexual behavior.”

Read these letters in full, as well as others, here.