Anglican rift leads dissenters to Jensen
Linda Morris
October 24, 2006

AT least two overseas churches in rebellion over gay clergy have applied to join the conservative Sydney Anglican diocese as the global rift in the Anglican Communion reaches Australia.

The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen, played down the possibility of global disintegration of the Anglican Church but warned that looming changes would adversely affect the status of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

He told his church synod last night that he had yesterday received an "anguished letter" from an overseas evangelical minister wanting to become member of the Sydney church. the rest