Anglican backlash over gay bishop

Anglicans did not have to wait long for the backlash following the consecration of a gay bishop by the allied Episcopal church in the US.

Mon, 03 Nov, 2003 - 19:05

Anglicans did not have to wait long for the backlash following the consecration of a gay bishop by the allied Episcopal church in the US.

The Anglican Church of Nigeria - with 17 million members - today refused to recognise Sunday’s consecration of openly gay Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire.

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