Saturday, February 23, 2008

Secret plan to avoid church gay split
By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent
23/02/2008

The Archbishop of Canterbury is backing secret plans to create a "parallel" Church for American conservatives to avert fresh splits over homosexuality.

Dr Rowan Williams has held confidential talks with senior American bishops and theologians who oppose the pro-gay policies of their liberal leaders.

A handful of hardline American dioceses are already defecting from the Episcopal Church, the American branch of Anglicanism, and transferring their loyalties to a conservative archbishop in South America.
the rest Comments at Stand Firm

Stand Firm: Bishop John Howe responds to Petre’s Report and provides details of the plan Comments at TitusOneNine

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