Anglican group cuts ties with Armstrong
By PAUL ASAY
THE GAZETTE
April 15, 2007

A defiant Rev. Donald Armstrong told his longtime parish Saturday he never stole money from the church — even as an organization he helped lead severed its ties with him.

The Anglican Communion Institute, an international theological think tank funded by Grace Church and St. Stephen’s Parish and whose day-to-day operations were overseen by Armstrong, distanced itself from the church and Armstrong in a statement released Saturday.

“In consequence of the legal and ecclesiastical struggles Grace Church and Fr. Armstrong are now engaged with, we judge it proper to dissolve our relationship with the Web site and all activities of Grace Church . . . so that the charges of the Presentment and other matters of public trust and ecclesiastical jurisdiction might be resolved without interference,” the statement said. the rest