Ruth Gledhill talks to Archbishop Akinola

From Ruth Gledhill at the Times Online:

. . . Dr Akinola, who heads the Global South group of Anglican provinces from Asia, Africa and Latin America, said the Anglican Church worldwide was in a state of “broken communion”.

He said the crisis arose from the “intransigence and obstinacy” of The Episcopal Church in the US, which had pursued a liberal line on same-sex blessings and the consecration in 2003 of the openly gay bishop Gene Robinson. “They were warned not to do this,” he said. “Now province after province has declared a state of broken communion with them.”. . .

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