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Article: Bishops have 17 days to save the Anglican Church.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2003
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Byline: STEVE DOUGHTY
THE Anglican Church in the U.S. has been given 17 days to drop its plan to appoint a homosexual bishop or risk breaking up the centuriesold denomination.
Church leaders from around the world yesterday warned that the ordination of Gene Robinson - an openly gay divorcee - would 'tear the fabric of our Communion at its deepest level'.
Mr Robinson is due to be consecrated in New Hampshire on November 2.
In a joint statement issued from Lambeth Palace, 37 Anglican primates warned: 'If his consecration proceeds, we recognise that we have reached a crucial and critical point in the life of the Anglican Communion and we have had to conclude ...