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Article: Ugandan Anglican Church severs all ties with U.S. Episcopal Church
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- November 22, 2003
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GEOFFREY MULEME, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
11-22-2003
Dateline: KAMPALA, Uganda
The Anglican Church of Uganda has severed all ties with the Episcopal Church over the American body's consecration of a gay man as a bishop, a spokesman for the Ugandan church said Saturday.
The Ugandan Anglicans initially cut ties only with the New Hampshire Diocese following the Nov. 2 consecration of V. Gene Robinson as the Bishop of New Hampshire.
But at a meeting Thursday, 30 Uganda Anglican bishops decided to sever their church's ties with the entire Episcopal Church in the United States "any same sex relationship is a disorder of God's creation," said Jackson Turyagyenda, a spokesman for the ...