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Friday, September 16, 2005




EPISCOPAL PRIEST AND LODGE GRAND MASTER

THE head of Scotland's freemasons is to stand down from the post after only a year, it emerged yesterday.

Joe Morrow took up the job of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland last November, but instead of serving a normal five-year stint in the role, the 50-year-old will stand down next month due to "a change in personal circumstances and for health reasons".

Earlier in the month, a Sunday newspaper reported how the Labour councillor, advocate and Episcopalian priest was openly gay and was planning to remove some of the mystique traditionally surrounding the secretive organisation.

With about 75,000 members in Scotland, Mr Morrow presides over 660 lodges in this country as well as a further 480 lodges in 44 countries.

He is the 108th leader, following in the footsteps of people such as the third Duke of Atholl and King George VI. The order also counted Robert the Bruce as a member.


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