All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, Fires Pastor After Congregation Vote

All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, one of the District’s oldest and most diverse congregations, has dismissed its pastor over what a church spokeswoman and others described as differences over his leadership style.

The Rev. Daniel Webster Aldridge Jr., who came to the historic church at Harvard and 16th streets NW less than four years ago, was dismissed June 14 by a 146 to 102 vote of the congregation. The congregation met for more than four hours on the matter before voting.

The source material does not detail the specific leadership disagreements behind the decision, and it does not describe the reasons offered by Aldridge or his response to the vote. Those points remain unreported in the available account.

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