Nigerian Church threatens Anglican split in gay row

The Sunday Telegraph London | June 22, 2003| | Copyright

THE head of the Church of Nigeria said yesterday that he had written to the Archbishop of Canterbury threatening to sever ties with any part of the Anglican Church that elected a gay bishop.

Archbishop Peter Jasper Akinola revealed that he had warned Rowan Williams, the head of the world's 70 million Anglicans, that if Jeffrey John was confirmed as Bishop of Reading it would have global implications.

"We cannot continue to be in communion with people who have taken a step outside the biblical boundaries," said Archbishop Akinola.

"When we sit down globally as a communion, I am going to sit in ...

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