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June 07 2004
PRIMATES CALL FOR CANADA'S EXPULSION IN GAY CRISIS
They said the Canadians should be ejected with the liberal American Episcopal Church, which backed the consecration of Anglicanism's first openly-gay bishop last year.
Their intervention has badly damaged efforts by Dr Williams and other Anglican leaders to broker peace between the factions on homosexuality.
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June 05 2004
TEXAS: Ex-treasurer accused of taking $600,000 - Diocese orders Audit
The diocese has notified the Harris County District Attorney's office of the misappropriation and will forward the results of its audit to investigators, spokesman Bill Ferrell said.
The discrepancies are in a fund used primarily for the purchase of property and not the diocese's operating budget, Ferrell said. The fund contained $5.5 million in cash and other assets as of March 31, he said.
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June 04 2004
VIRGINIA: Orthodox Episcopalians rip plan for diocese
"The diocese will not gain anything by imposing a mandatory percentage or obligation," said Steve Springmann, treasurer at Truro, the second-largest church in the 187-congregation diocese at 1,500 members. "It will only cause more people to leave the Episcopal Church."
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June 04 2004
AAC Condemns Canada's Affirmation Of Same-Sex Blessings
This perception was reinforced by a statement of the Archbishop of Canterbury released yesterday in which he responded to the decision the night before: “The decision to defer the question of the right of dioceses over same sex blessings offers hope for the continuing collegiality of the Anglican Communion.”
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June 04 2004
CENTRAL FLORIDA: Bishop Says Bennison Should Back Off Visitation
You have denied the authority of scripture ("the Church wrote the Bible, and the Church can rewrite it"), the divinity of Christ ("he is a forgiven sinner"), and the arrangements of the last meeting of the House of Bishops (Delegated Episcopal Pastoral Oversight - "it will never happen here.")
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June 04 2004
OKLAHOMA: Bishop Blasts AAC. "Reject their advances," says Moody
In early May, some sixty members of St. James Episcopal Church in Oklahoma City met secretly and formed a new Church called St. James Anglican Church. Their network proclaims that they are associated with the American Anglican Council.
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June 04 2004
CANADA: Nine Bishops "express sorrow" at Synod's actions
The statement, which Bishop Harvey read as he was flanked by eight other bishops on a stage on the synod floor, took many delegates by surprise coming as it did after the night prayers just as they were ready to leave the plenary hall.
Primate-elect Andrew Hutchison said he was “obviously very disappointed to hear that kind of statement because it speaks of division.”
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June 04 2004
Williams welcomes Canadian decision
"It is important that the Canadian church has held back from a
structural shift that would have run counter to the pleas and wishes of
the Primates' meeting last Autumn and of so many around the Communion.
In doing so, it has avoided complicating still further the work of the
Lambeth Commission."
June 04 2004
CANADA: Anglicans Affirm Same-Sex Relationships at Synod
Delegates to a national church meeting handed the victory to supporters of gays and lesbians as a consolation prize the morning after they voted to delay any national go-ahead on church blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples till 2007 and possibly 2010.
The "integrity and sanctity" measure was approved by a show of hands.
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June 04 2004
NASSAU: Primate And Theological Consultation Condemn Canada's Action
We are sad, however, that the General Synod of the ACC has passed an amendment to resolution A-134 which has the effect of negating the deferral of paragraph 2 to the Primates Theological Committee. In our view, the amendment is much more serious than even the original form of the motion which did not describe the nature of same-sex unions.
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