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Article: Bishop Denounces Episcopal Church's Policies on Gays
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 4, 2004
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The spokesman for bishops who claim the leadership of a majority
of the world's Anglican Christians denounced the gay rights policies
of the Episcopal Church in the United States yesterday, after a two-
day caucus in Atlanta with U.S. conservatives.
Archbishop Peter Akinola said the future of true Anglicanism in
the United States lies with conservative groups within the Episcopal
Church that oppose gay marriage and the church's approval of an
openly gay bishop.
The Episcopal Church is the U.S. branch of the Anglican Communion.
Akinola also said in a telephone interview that unless conditions
change, he will not go to meetings alongside the leader of the