U.S. Episcopal church chided for dissension, moratorium called for on new gay bishops

U.S. Episcopal church chided for dissension, moratorium called for on new gay bishops
Tags: Administration, Denominations, Fellowship, Leadership
October 18, 2004

Christianity Today: The Episcopal Church should apologize for stirring disunity but will not face serious sanctions for allowing an openly gay bishop, a blue-ribbon panel said in long-anticipated recommendations made Oct. 18.

The panel's 92-page report, issued by Irish Archbishop Robin Eames, stopped short of calling for the U.S. church to be excommunicated from the wider Anglican Communion, but said the decision breached "the proper constraints of the bonds of affection" within the global body of 77 million Christians.