Anglican Church on verge of schism
By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent in Zanzibar
19/02/2007

The worldwide Anglican Church was battling to survive last night after talks broke down amid acrimony during the final stages of the primates' meeting in Tanzania.

A group of leading conservatives may issue a minority statement today separating themselves from the rest of the Church if they do not win significant concessions.

Such a development would be a disaster for the Communion, and it would be difficult to see how the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, could prevent it becoming a schism.

But a breakthrough might still be achieved if the primates can devise a compromise that they believe will protect conservatives in America who have rejected the leadership of their liberal Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori. the rest