Nigeria joins Uganda in total boycott of Lambeth

There’s been a great deal of interest in determining which provinces of the Anglican Communion are attending the Lambeth Conference and which are boycotting. For the most provinces, including our own, it’s a mixed bag with some attending and some boycotting. But Uganda was unique in that none of the bishops of that part of the Communion were attending. Today there’s news that Nigeria’s lone bishop, thought to be in attendance, has returned home to Nigeria.

Ruth Gledhill is reporting that Bishop Okorocha, who once served as part of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s staff under George Carey, thought to be registered and attending the conference, has instead returned home.

According to Ruth’s story:

“The only Nigerian bishop to register for Lambeth, Cyril Okorocha, Bishop of Owerri, has fled Britain and gone back home for fear of ‘reprisals’, a source has told The Times.”

Read the full article here.

Some background, and our previous mention of this is found here.

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