Council members spar over Windsor Report [Council of General Synod]

From: Anglican Journal | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Mississauga, Ont.

The Council of General Synod (CoGS) averted division in the house when movers of a resolution endorsing the Lambeth Commission's call for a moratorium on public rites of blessing of same-sex unions opted to withdraw it after much opposition.

Archbishops John Clarke, of Athabasca, and Caleb Lawrence, of Moosonee, suggested the withdrawal of the motion after several council members questioned why it seemed to single out recommendations from the commission's Windsor Report regarding the diocese of New Westminster.

The Windsor Report "is a broad document that's subtle in many of ...

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