1. We have met as representatives of the Anglican Provinces of Africa to affirm our oneness in the Body of Christ. Through prayer, Bible exposition, celebration and reflection, the time together helped us to renew our commitment to individual and collective witness to Christ in our respective contexts on the continent. We also took the time to reflect on what has been achieved since the last Council meeting even as we seek to reach forward.

"We were one of the break-away parishes from the Diocese of Va. that was sued by them and the national church. We settled on the basis of turning over our church building to the Diocese with a 5-year leaseback that gave us time to find a new church site and get one built," Stephen Price, Senior Warden told VOL.

The old church, built in 1878, sits empty.

Her 14-year-old son, who also cannot be named, was preyed upon by trainee priest Ian Barrack, in the NSW Diocese of Newcastle during 1998, the commission heard. Archbishop Herft was bishop of the diocese at the time

The woman, who was herself training to become a priest, said Barrack would buy her son presents including a wind-up toy figure of a man having sex with a sheep.

It is now perfectly clear that the meeting failed in its intention. Far from being rebuked, the leaders of the Episcopal Church said that they intend to continue in their present course and indeed to export their ideas vigorously to the rest of the world.

It seems, from what the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion is communicating, that repentance was never required -- which makes the disciplinary measures rather strange.