TANZANIA: Bishops declare 'impaired communion' with Episcopal Church
Monday, December 11, 2006

[Episcopal News Service] The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Tanzania (ACT) issued a statement December 7 saying that its "communion with the Episcopal Church (USA) is severely impaired" in light the 75th General Convention's response to the Windsor Report.

The bishops also declared that ACT "shall not knowingly accept financial and material aid from dioceses, parishes, Bishops, priests, individuals and institutions in the Episcopal Church (USA) that condone homosexual practice or bless same-sex unions."

Meeting in Dar Es Salaam, where the next Primates' Meeting will be held in February 2007, the bishops noted that the Episcopal Church did not "adequately respond to the requirement made to them by the Anglican Communion through the Windsor Report by their failure to register honest repentance for their actions."

During the past three years, leaders of at least 14 out of the 38 Anglican provinces have issued statements saying that they are in a state of "impaired" or "broken" relationship with the Episcopal Church. It is unclear how many provincial synods have ratified the statements. the rest