Conservative US Episcopalians plot separate church
Fri 28 Sep 2007
By Jonathan Barnes

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Conservative bishops upset with U.S. Episcopal Church stands on gay issues said Friday they will call a constitutional convention to form a new "Anglican union" in North America.

"This is a time of reformation," said Robert Duncan, Episcopal Church bishop of Pittsburgh who convened the group. "We hope to go through this in a way that brings honor and glory to God."

He and others meeting as the "Common Cause Council of Bishops" said the group included 51 bishops and bishops-elect representing "tens of thousands of Anglicans in North America." the rest

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