Daniel Burke of Religion News Service has compiled a round-up of various reactions to the departure of Bishop Robert Duncan and others to for.a new anti-gay Christian denomination in North America.
And Laurie Goodstein’s article in The New York Times begins as follows:
Conservative Anglicans in the United States and Canada said Friday that they intended to proceed immediately with plans to create their own branch of the Anglican Communion, separate from the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada, despite warnings from the archbishop of Canterbury that winning official recognition could take years.
She includes this nifty display of petulance by Duncan’s spokesman the Rev. Peter Frank: “This is not being put on hold while we wait for a committee in England to tell us which form to fill out.”