ACC rejects proposal for halting litigation : Close vote reflectes 'range of views' among delegates

Notes: "The 14th Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) by a close vote on May 8 [2009] rejected a move to add a fourth moratorium on issues related to divisions over human sexuality that would have asked for a 'cessation of litigation' among member churches of the Anglican Communion involved in disputes over property." "By a secret ballot vote of 60 in favour, four against, and one abstention, the ACC also said it 'acknowledges the efforts that have been made to hold to the moratoria, gives thanks for the gracious restraint that has been observed in these area and recognizes the deep cost of such restraint'. Voting 33 against, 32 in favour, and 1 abstention, the ACC defeated an amendment introduced by Archbishop Mouneer Anis, primate of Jerusalem and the Middle East, to include a call for a moratorium on litigation, which he said had been requested by the primates' meeting in Dar es Salaam in 2007. The Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, urged delegates to vote against the amendment. 'The reality is that those who have sought to remove property from The Episcopal Church have done so without consultation, with an unwillingness to be in dialogue'. Leaders of the church have a 'moral and fiduciary responsibility' to see that its assets are preserved for the purpose for which they were given, she said".

Subjects: Anglican Consultative Council. Meeting (14th : 2009 : Kingston, Jamaica) - Resolutions; Moratoria; Anglican Communion - Trials, litigation, etc.; Episcopal Church - Trials, litigation, etc.; Church and state - Trials, litigation, etc.; Anglican Communion. Windsor Continuation Group; Jefferts Schori, Katharine, 1954-