Williams 'fostering schism', aide fears
By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Sunday Telegraph
28/01/2007

The Archbishop of Canterbury has "fostered schism" in the Anglican communion's row over homosexual clergy, one of his most senior aides believes.

In an email that lays bare growing tensions at the heart of the Church, the communion's secretary-general endorses a withering assessment of Rowan Williams.

He supports the view that the archbishop has chosen "a path that is not courageous or well-defined" and has appointed a "virtual lynch mob" to try to preserve unity.

The revelation comes ahead of a meeting of Anglican primates in Tanzania next month which will be dominated by the battle to keep together the church's 38 provinces. the rest