From The Church Times-
THE Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States have both spoken of their “concerns” and “distress” at the Archbishop of Canterbury’s plans to impose sanctions on provinces that have breached the moratoria on gay bishops, same-sex unions, and cross-border interventions (News, 28 May).
Dr Williams announced the sanctions — which amount to excluding provinces from ecumenical dialogues and stripping them of some decision-making powers — in his Pentecost letter to the Anglican Communion. He took the action in response to the consecration of an openly lesbian bishop, the Rt Revd Mary Glasspool, in the Episcopal Church in the US last month (News, 21 May).
As part of the follow-up to the Pentecost letter, the secretary general of the Anglican Communion, Canon Kenneth Kearon, announced on Monday that he has written to members of the Episcopal Church serving in the inter-Anglican ecumenical dialogues, “informing them that their membership of these dialogues has been discontinued”.
Canon Kearon has also written to the Canadian Primate to “ask whether its General Synod or House of Bishops has formally adopted policies that breach the second moratorium in the Windsor report, authorizing public rites of same-sex blessing”.
The Anglican Church of Canada is holding its General Synod this week, where a great deal of time has been spent in “discernment” sessions on human sexuality. A number of Canadian dioceses have already moved towards blessings of same-sex unions.
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