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Anglican leaders ask U.S., Canadian churches to withdraw temporarily
From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20050224
Author:ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
02-24-2005
Dateline: LONDON
The U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada withdrew Thursday from a key body of the global Anglican Communion under pressure from conservative church leaders horrified by the election of a gay bishop in the United States and the blessing of same-sex unions in the two countries.
Though the suspension of the two churches was said to be temporary, it marked the first formal split in the communion over the explosive issues of sexuality and biblical authority.
A statement from the 34 Anglican primates, ...
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