"The false teaching of the American Episcopal Church has been normalized in England and this divisive act has meant that the Church of Nigeria's Akure Diocese has had no alternative but to end its partnership link with Liverpool Diocese," he wrote.

TREC's desire for hope and change was supposed to find root in the words of Jesus, who cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth.

Here is what he said if one of his own children were to be gay and fell in love with another person of the same sex, and asked his blessing, how would he react? 'Would I pray for them together? You bet I would, absolutely. Would I pray with them together? If they wanted me to. If they had a civil service of marriage, would I attend? Of course I would.'

"Bishop Dyvasirvadam is least qualified to be part of such group as he has polarized communities within the CSI, imposed arbitrary byelaws and amendments that are uncharacteristic of a united church, suppressed dissenting voices and shown acute intolerance towards criticism and over the expression of alternative views. He has not proved himself in his own church for over a decade as one who is tolerant of differences and walking together with his own people."