US Church in gay bishops debate

The US Anglican Church is meeting over the next week to discuss a motion to appease Church leaders critical of its gay bishops stance.

The debate comes three years after the Church approved the openly gay Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire, a move that angered conservatives.

Correspondents say the Anglican communion could split if the US body, the Episcopal Church, shuns the motion.

But US Anglicans are not anxious to exacerbate the crisis, they say.

The discussion comes within the framework of a week-long Church convention that ends on 21 June. the rest