Clergy seek 'two-church solution'
By Ruth Gledhill
September 11, 2006

Our correspondent reports on plans to prevent US conservatives or liberals precipitating a schism in the Anglican Communion

SENIOR bishops from opposing sides in the Anglican war over homosexuality have called a temporary truce and today begin talks that could save the Church from schism.

The most likely outcome is a “two-church solution” for the United States, allowing conservatives and liberals to exist, separate but side-by-side, as Anglicans. It would have implications for the worldwide communion, because many other provinces, including England, have similar problems.

The plan this week is to draw up a pact giving the appearance of unity, enabling a final deal to be hammered out at the Lambeth Conference in 2008. the rest