California opens door to electing gay bishop
By Jonathan Petre, Religion Corresponden
t(Filed: 22/02/2006)

The Anglican Church faced a fresh crisis yesterday after the diocese of California included a homosexual man and a lesbian in a five-strong shortlist to become its next bishop.

The move will delight liberals but dismay the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who has backed calls for a moratorium on the election of gay bishops.

The two are the Very Rev Robert Taylor, the dean of St Mark's Cathedral in Seattle, and the Rev. Bonnie Taylor, the rector of All Saints church, Chicago. Story