US church leader could not preach here: Jensen
Linda Morris
June 30, 2006

THE liberal teachings of the new female leader of US branch of the Anglican Church would make it difficult for her to preach in Sydney, says the Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen.

Dr Jensen said he was disappointed at the election of Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, not because of her gender but because of her reference to the "Mother Jesus" in a recent sermon.

The medieval devotional term is considered akin to heresy among church traditionalists.

During a media briefing at which Dr Jensen pronounced the Anglican Church "separated" but "not divorced", he said Bishop Schori's sermon indicated a liberal and radical cast of mind. the rest