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Article: Closet-minded; Anglicans and gays.(The Anglican church tries a comprise over homosexuality)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- October 23, 2004
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Eames and Williams in the pink
The Anglican church tries to solve its gay problem
THE mission of the Anglican church, according to Robert Eames, an Irish archbishop, is to bring hope to "a suffering and bewildered world". On October 18th, a commission chaired by Mr Eames unveiled the fruits of a year's agonising over gay bishops and same-sex marriages. The report shows that, when it comes to homosexuality, the suffering and bewilderment is not so much with the world as with the Anglican church.
Torment reached a high pitch in June 2003, when Jeffrey John, a gay but celibate priest, was appointed suffragan bishop of Reading. Following an attack ...