Overview
- Madeline LeNore 'Flourish' Klink, an assistant priest at Christ & Saint Stephen's, said in a March 21 sermon that 'God is nonbinary' and that Jesus was 'trans' and 'transitioned' when resurrected.
- A clip of the March 21 sermon resurfaced online in late September and spread widely on X, where the post received a community note linking Bible passages that contradict Klink's claims.
- Religious commentators and clergy denounced the remarks as theologically unfounded, with critics citing Gospel texts and calling the interpretation a distortion of Christian teaching.
- Klink posted a brief Instagram response saying she still loves people who oppose her, and coverage reports no formal disciplinary action from the Episcopal Diocese of New York as of September 25.
- Coverage places the episode in the broader debate over gender in the Episcopal Church and draws political parallels to James Talarico's similar 2021 remark, a comparison that has fueled wider culture-war attention.