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- Ordination of gays - Episcopal Church
ACC decision regrettable, but of little practical consequence, Canadian primate says
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official9045
- Date
- 2005 June 23
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press release
- Text
- NOTTINGHAM, Eng. (June 23, 2005)
- The decision to exclude the Anglican Church of Canada from two Anglican Consultative committees on which it does not sit is regrettable in principle but will have no practical effect, says Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Canadian church.
- "We do regret the decision, although we note it was adopted by an extremely narrow margin," Archbishop Hutchison said. "Had out members and our American colleagues been allowed their vote, it would have failed. We regret that the Anglican Consultative Council made such a decision in a forum in which we are not being allowed to participate an in which we have no voice. There is, after all, a pretty fundamental democratic principle that says that when decisions are made that affect you, you are allowed to speak to them".
- Archbishop Hutchison added: "Our hope is that the discussions and debates of the past few days will provide impetus for the discussion about homosexuality and the role of gays and lesbians in the church to begin in those parts of the Anglican Communion where they have not yet begun."
- The Consultative Council approved a motion affirming a request made by the Primates of the Anglican Communion last February [2005] that the Canadian and U.S. churches "voluntarily withdraw" their members from the meeting now underway.
- The affirming motion stipulated, however, that the Primates' request that the Canadian and U.S. churches withdraw from the ACC should be interpreted as including participation on the standing committee, which meets between triennial sessions of the full council, and inter-Anglican finance and administration committee.
- Neither Canada nor the United States have members on those two committees and since their members at this meeting are not participants, they are not eligible for election.
- Earlier in the meeting, in response to another request made by the Primates, representatives of the Canadian church made a presentation explaining where it is on the controversial issue of blessing same-sex unions. The U.S. church made a similar presentation explaining how it came to consecrate an openly gay man as bishop.
- Archbishop Hutchison, who is scheduled to return to Canada today, said he would be making a full report to the Canadian Church in a statement that will be issued early next week.
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- For more information, please contact: Vianney (Sam) Carriere, Director of Communications, 416-924-9199 ext. 306; scarriere@national.anglican.ca
- Subjects
- Anglican Consultative Council. Meeting (13th : 2005 : Nottingham, Eng.)
- Anglican Consultative Council - Membership
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Consultative Council - Committees - Membership
- Episcopal Church - Relations - Anglican Communion
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Robinson, Gene (V. Gene), 1947-
- Ordination of gays - Anglican Communion
- Ordination of gays - Episcopal Church
ACNS : Anglican Communion News Service : Mixed feelings as first openly gay Anglican bishop is consecrated
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article31027
- Author
- Davies, Matthew
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican World
- Date
- 2004 New Year (2003 / 2004)
- Author
- Davies, Matthew
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican World
- Date
- 2004 New Year (2003 / 2004)
- Issue
- 112
- Page
- 46-47
- Notes
- On 2 November 2003, over 3,000 people including 54 bishops and ecumenical guests, gathered at the Whittemore Center, part of the University of New Hampshire, Durham, to consecrate V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay man, as bishop coadjutor of New Hampshire. Objections were read by Meredith Harwood, a parishioner of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Ashland N.H. and the Rt. Rev. David Bena, Suffragan Bishop of Albany. Bishop Griswold the chief presider allowed the consecration to continue saying: "one of the African Primates at the meeting in Lambeth Palace [two weeks ago] had said that the Holy Spirit can be doing different things in different places and I think that's precisely what we are doing here". The consecration drew strong criticism from many in the Communion including the Sub-Dean of the Anglican Cathedral in Harare, Zimbabwe, and the American Anglican Council. It was also affirmed by the organization Changing Attitude and by the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement. "Bishop Robinson told the congregation that, although he felt deeply honoured, he urged compassion towards church members angered and upset by his consecration."
- Subjects
- Robinson, Gene (V. Gene), 1947-
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Ordination of gays - Episcopal Church
- Ordination of gays - Anglican Communion
- Episcopal Church - Bishops
Action Repudiated
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article2026
- Journal
- Living Church
- Date
- 1990 January 28
- Page
- 7
- Notes
- Terence Kelshaw, Bishop of Rio Grande, sent his diocese a formal declaration opposing the ordination of a practicing homosexual in the Diocese of Newark.
Anglican Communion News Service : USA : Court dismisses charges against Bishop Righter
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article21708
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican World
- Date
- 1996 Michaelmas
- Issue
- 83
- Page
- 38
- Notes
- On 15 May 1996, "an ecclesiastical court ruled that retired Bishop Walter Righter violated no Church law or `core doctrine' when he ordained a non-celibate homosexual man as a deacon." The court ruled that there is "no core doctrine prohibiting the ordination of a non-celibate homosexual person living in a faithful and committed sexual relationship with a person of the same sex".
- Subjects
- Righter, Walter C. (Walter Cameron), 1923-2011
- Ordination of gays - Episcopal Church
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Ecclesiastical courts - Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Church - Doctrines
Are there grounds to try bishop?
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article20319
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1996 April
- Volume
- 122
- Issue
- 4
- Page
- 9
- Notes
- From ENI and ENS.
- Subjects
- Righter, Walter C. (Walter Cameron), 1923-2011
- Ordination of gays - Episcopal Church
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Church - Trials, litigation, etc.
Bishop accuses church of hypocrisy
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article4868
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1990 November
- Volume
- 116
- Issue
- 9
- Page
- 20
- Notes
- The US Episcopal House of Bishops voted by a narrow margin to "dissociate" themselves from the actions of Bishop John Spong who ordained an admitted homosexual man to the priesthood last year. "Bishop Spong ... responded to the decision with a stinging half-hour rebuke in which he contrasted his treatment with that received by traditionalist bishops opposed to the ordination of women".
- Subjects
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Ordination of gays - Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Church - Parties and movements
- Spong, John Shelby, 1931-2021
Bishop Dixon the latest to ordain practicing homosexual
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article18791
- Author
- Simpson, James B. (James Beasley), 1926-2002
- Journal
- Living Church
- Date
- 1995 July 16
- Journal
- Living Church
- Date
- 1995 July 16
- Volume
- 211
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 7
- Notes
- The ordination to the diaconate of a non-celibate lesbian, Barbara Clarke, 54, by Bishop Jane Dixon, is the latest turn in a series of controversial ordinations of gay clergy.
- Subjects
- Ordination of gays - Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Washington
- Dixon, Jane (Jane Hart Holmes), 1937-2012
- Clarke, Barbara (Barbara Jean), 1941-
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
Bishop fights to overcome barriers
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article9998
- Author
- Glisky, Bill
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1992 March
- Author
- Glisky, Bill
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1992 March
- Volume
- 118
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 11
- Subjects
- Spong, John Shelby, 1931-2021
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Ordination of gays - Episcopal Church
- Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. - Episcopal Church
Bishop Haines Ordains to Priesthood Another Non-Celibate Homosexual
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article22278
- Author
- Simpson, James B. (James Beasley), 1926-2002
- Journal
- Living Church
- Date
- 1997 May 4
- Journal
- Living Church
- Date
- 1997 May 4
- Volume
- 214
- Issue
- 18
- Page
- 9
- Subjects
- Ordination of gays - Episcopal Church
- Gay clergy - Episcopal Church
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Haines, Ronald Hayward, 1934-2008
- Scariato, Albert (Albert Frederick), 1955-
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Washington
Bishops seek action over gay ordination
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article3091
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1990 April
- Volume
- 116
- Issue
- 4
- Page
- 4