Sunday, July 13, 2008

Yes, He Would!


Dr. Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales, and Gene Robinson, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire

From the Telegraph:

The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, told The Sunday Telegraph that practising homosexuals should not be barred from becoming bishops.

He accused conservative Anglicans of being “exclusive” and narrow-minded in their opposition to gay clerics.
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Dr Morgan said that he was in agreement with the decision of the American church five years ago to consecrate the homosexual cleric Gene Robinson as a bishop - the move which has pushed the Anglican church to the brink of schism.

He said that if his fellow bishops in the church in Wales voted for a practising homosexual priest to be consecrated, he would back their decision and approve it.
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The man at the centre of the controversy, Bishop Robinson, was set to preach in a London church. He told this paper he fears for his life and said he believes the Church of England will appoint its first openly homosexual bishop within a matter of years.

“There are a huge number of gay clergy and gay partnered clergy,” he said. “There’s no reason why they shouldn’t be bishops and they will be. We’re not arguing about if, we’re just arguing about when.”


Good news, indeed! I can't think of anything to add to the article, except that, as a member of the Episcopal Church, I'm offended that the duly elected and consecrated Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire is not permitted to attend the meetings at Lambeth, and I'm more than pleased with the supportive comments from the Archbishop of Wales. The Episcopalians in New Hampshire have no representative at Lambeth, and that's not right. Because of his physical absence from the meetings, his presence in spirit will be all the more powerful.

Please pray for the bishops at Lambeth. On the upper right sidebar, is the prayer for Lambeth.

Thanks to Doug for the link.

6 comments:

  1. Also on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Programme.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/sunday/index/shtml

    Worth a listen. (Lovely Welsh accent.)

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  3. Gene Robinson has been heckled by an idiot in his London sermon, who caused Gene to stop preaching for a couple of minutes. It just shows what the gracious Bishop is up against

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  4. Thanks DP. I'm trying to post the video of the interview by Andrew Marr with Gene and Ian McKellan, but it seems the BBC won't allow it. I see that Jonathan has it. Maybe it's only allowed for the Brits. I'll check out your link.

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  5. Fr David, thanks. I posted the story and a link to the video of the heckling incident.

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