Church Times: Report collates views on gay people
by Pat Ashworth
30 March, 2007

THE ARCHBISHOP of Nigeria, the Most Revd Peter Akinola, has reiterated his view that homosexuality should be seen as “an acquired aberration”. To argue that is “a God-given urge and inclination” is “a blatant lie against Almighty God”, he says in a posting on the Anglican Communion Office website on Tuesday.

His views are at odds with the hope expressed by Dr Williams on Wednesday that the Church should be a “truly safe place for people to be honest and where they may be confident that they will have their human dignity respected”.

The comments come in a round-up of what different provinces have done in the official “Listening Process” on human sexuality, established after the last Lambeth Conference. The summaries were written by Canon Philip Groves, but seen and approved by each province. the rest