African bishops call for doctrinal discipline

September 9, 2010

The second All African Bishops Conference has objected to the Episcopal Church’s consecration of Mary Glasspool as suffragan bishop of Los Angeles, but declined to take action against the US Church.

In a statement released at the close of the Aug 23-29 meeting in Entebbe, Uganda, on behalf of the 396 bishops attending the gathering, the conference called the consecration of a partnered lesbian priest a “clear departure from the standard teaching of the Anglican Communion” on human sexuality.

The Glasspool consecration had been taken in defiance of “the warnings from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion” and successive pan-Anglican meetings, they said. However, the meeting stopped short of calling for concerted disciplinary action against the Episcopal Church, calling instead for closer links with the remaining conservatives in the Episcopal Church and the third province movement in North America — the ACNA.

“We are committed to network with orthodox Anglicans around the world, including Communion Partners in the USA and the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), in holistic mission and evangelism,” the communiqué stated. the rest