'Separated' Anglicans may get alternative bishop
By David F. Dawes

ARCHBISHOP Terry Buckle has offered to appoint an alternative bishop for B.C. Anglican parishes which still refuse to accept Bishop Michael Ingham's approval of the blessing of same-sex unions.

Buckle, who is the chief bishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon, stated late last month that he considered a recent Anglican Church decision a "unique opportunity to work towards reconciliation and healing."

Buckle was responding to a report issued in mid-October by the Anglican Panel of Reference (POR). The report affirmed that "alternate episcopal ministry" should be provided to several parishes in Ingham's Diocese of New Westminster as "a temporary measure." At press time, the diocese had not responded to Buckle's proposal. the rest