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Article: US Episcopal leader defends church to Anglicans
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- July 11, 2008
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Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was installed as head of the American branch of the Anglican Communion less than two years ago, inheriting a mess not of her own making.
The global Anglican church was in an uproar over the 2003 consecration of the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. Long-simmering differences over Scripture and the global Anglican fellowship erupted into a threat of full-blown schism.
Jefferts Schori, a theological liberal who supported Robinson's election, has tried to ease the tensions in meetings with other Anglican leaders.
Starting next Wednesday in Canterbury, England, she will be explaining ...