Survey, Archbishop Carey Draw Presiding Bishop's Ire
03/13/2006

Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold has written to the House of Bishops discouraging their participation in a three-question survey endorsed by a former Archbishop of Canterbury and distributed by a previously unknown organization, “Lay Episcopalians for the Anglican Communion.”

In his letter to the bishops, Bishop Griswold said he has also written privately to the Most Rev. George Carey, who retired as Archbishop of Canterbury in 2001, chiding him for allowing himself to be used by others whose political ambition is to sow division.

The authors of the survey offered few clues as to their identity in the mailing, except to disavow affiliation with any Church organization beyond their local parish. In an e-mail dated March 8, Bishop Griswold said he was “suspicious of anything that is anonymous and that the questions themselves lead me to believe the intention of those who have asked [Archbishop Carey] to circulate the questionnaire is far from benign.” The rest at The Living Church