Upstart Anglican newspaper banned in Brandon
Last Updated Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:12:46 EDT

CBC News
A new Anglican publication aimed at offering a more conservative alternative to the official church newspaper is spurring controversy and has been banned by a Manitoba bishop.

Bishop Jim Njegovan of the Diocese of Brandon said the upstart The Anglican Planet is "sowing the seeds of distrust and disdain within the Church, and that the publishers have no respect for those in authority over them."

He has banned the monthly newspaper, which launched in May, in his parishes. "As bishop, I do not endorse any such material. Nor do I wish to see it distributed in, or to, our parishes."

Reverend David Harris, a parish priest in Charlottetown who co-edits the new publication, said the censorship has only served to make the Anglican Church of Canada's establishment look bad. the rest