Gay bishop causes Episcopalian split
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- A coalition of conservative New England Episcopalians has split from the national church, forming four new congregations in part because of last year&#39;s consecration of a gay bishop.
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Leaders of the US Episcopal Church agree to halt the ordination of gay clergy to prevent a split in the Anglican church.
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An Anglican church panel studying the consecration of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire sharply criticized the US Episcopal Church church Monday and called on its leaders to apologize for the turmoil their actions have caused.
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LONDON - Advocates on both sides of the Anglican battle over homosexuality registered their unhappiness yesterday with the attempt by US bishops to keep their place in the global communion. Supporters of gay clergy accused American Episcopal bishops of caving in to pressure from conservatives, while traditionalists criticized what they said was a cleverly worded declaration of defiance. Episcopal bishops ...
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An Anglican report today criticised US bishops for ordaining an openly gay canon last year. Mark Oliver looks at the issues behind the row that has divided the Anglican communion.
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An Anglican Church commission rebuked the Episcopal Church USA for ordaining a gay bishop and blessing same-sex unions.
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U.S. Episcopalian bishops on Thursday  expressed regret for having consecrated the group's first  openly gay bishop, but said they needed more time to respond to  a call that they halt such ordinations and stop blessing  same-sex marriages.
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LONDON - An Anglican commission sharply criticized the U.S. Episcopal Church on Monday for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the Americans to apologize...
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Episcopal bishops were tight-lipped on Thursday about meetings with the Archbishop of Canterbury aimed at healing a rift in their church over the ordaining of gay bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions.
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LONDON - Anglicans hope a long-awaited report will resolve divisions within the church that have intensified with the ordination of an openly gay bishop in the United States.    The ordination last November of Bishop V...
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Several leading liberal Episcopalians said yesterday that they would rather accept a schism than accede to a demand from leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion for what they view as an unconscionable rollback of the U.S. church's position on gay rights.
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An Anglican Church report issued this  week lays the groundwork for resolving a potential schism  between liberals and conservatives over homosexuality, the gay  U.S. bishop at the heart of the dispute said on Wednesday.
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LONDON - An Anglican church commission on Monday sharply criticized the U.S. Episcopal Church for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the church to apologize and refrain from promoting any other clergy living in a same-sex union...
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Anglican leaders, striving to stop their  loose association of churches falling apart, urged North  American Episcopalians Monday to ban same-sex marriages and the  consecration of gay bishops.
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An Anglican church commission on Monday urged the U.S. Episcopal Church not to elect any more gay bishops and called on conservative African bishops to stop meddling in the affairs of other dioceses.
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Bishops of the Episcopal Church rejected demands by leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion to roll back the churchâs liberal stance on homosexuality.
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Rifts in the Anglican Communion appear to be growing in the wake of a church commission report that asks US Episcopalians to apologize for installing gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson in New Hampshire last year.