Article: Anglican archbishop rebukes `ungracious' criticism of Archbishop of Canterbury

The archbishop of York on Saturday rebuked some Anglican traditionalists for what he calls ungracious behavior toward Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.

Williams has drawn criticism from both sides in the Anglican Communion's bitter division over the role of homosexuals in the church, but Archbishop John Sentamu told the Church of England's General Synod that some of the criticism was wide of the mark.

Sentamu, regarded as the second-ranking figure in the Church of England, said it had "grieved me deeply to hear reports of the ungracious personalization of the issues through the criticism and scapegoating of Rowan Williams."

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