The Split Widens: Archbishop Venables-Leader of Traditional Anglicans to Speak in Vancouver Friday

By Hilary White

VANCOUVER, April 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This weekend, the Anglican Network in Canada will welcome one of the leading lights in the movement within the Worldwide Anglican Communion to steer the denomination away from the left-liberal and anti-family direction taken by its North American and British branches. Archbishop Gregory Venables will speak at a conference in Delta British Columbia, which is being organised by the Anglican Network as part of the group's efforts to build a coalition of biblically-faithful Anglican parishes and individuals in Canada.

The primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Fred Hiltz, wrote a public letter to Venables on Monday asking him to "stop interfering" in the Canadian branch of the church.

"While we recognized that your motivation may be pastoral," Hiltz wrote, "there was a strong consensus that your visit at this time will further harm the strained relations between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Anglican Network in Canada."

The National Post reports that Archbishop Venables responded by asking if Hiltz' letter was a "publicity stunt". the rest