Americans given deadline to repent
Jeremy Halcrow
23 February 2007

Dr Peter Jensen, the Archbishop of Sydney, has described an ultimatum sent to the US Episcopal Church as an ‘answer to prayer’.

The Anglican Communion has given the Americans a September deadline to stop blessing same-sex unions. It is likely they won’t be invited to Lambeth – the key Anglican decision-making meeting – if they do not comply.

“It offers a chance to restore communion but on a biblical basis,” Dr Jensen said. “It doesn’t fudge the issue but calls on The Episcopal Church to take concrete action to restore the damage done.”

The Primates of the world’s 38 Anglican Provinces met in Tanzania from February 15 to 19 to resolve the tensions provoked by the consecration of openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson in 2003 and more recent decisions to bless same-sex unions. the rest