Lay Group Pleas for Prompt Action and Unity Among Orthodox Groups to Fill 'Vacuum' Caused by Episcopal 'Desertion' -- Offers Interim Plan

WASHINGTON, Mar. 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- An "urgent plea for immediate, pan-Anglican readiness after the U.S. Episcopal Church's desertion from Anglicanism last week" was made today by a national organization of orthodox Anglican laypersons. It advocates rapid, multi-group development of "The Anglican Church of the United States of America" as a new province-in-waiting. Announcement would be immediate, with operations following swiftly.

"Faithful Anglican groups with shared interests are needed, such as the Anglican Communion Network and already-defected organizations which have melded shared interests in Common Cause Partners and the Federation of Anglicans in the Americas. At long last their goal of a unified Anglican church in the U.S.A. that is faithful to Christ can become a reality," Lay Episcopalians for the Anglican Communion (LEAC) said. the rest