Ugandan Primate Restates Intention to Boycott Lambeth
05/30/2007

The Church of Uganda will boycott the 2008 Lambeth Conference if the bishops who participated in the New Hampshire consecration are seated at the gathering of bishops from across the Anglican Communion.

In a statement released on May 30, Archbishop Henry Orombi of Uganda stated that as Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams had extended invitations to “all the American bishops who consented to, participated in, and have continued to support the consecration” of Bishop V. Gene Robinson in New Hampshire, the Church of Uganda would honor the commitment it made last December and not attend.

On Dec. 9, the Ugandan House of Bishops unanimously endorsed "The Road to Lambeth", a statement prepared by the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA), which stated its members “will definitely not attend any Lambeth Conference to which the violators of the Lambeth Resolution [1.10] are also invited as participants or observers.” On May 22, Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria noted his church’s participation in the conference was also in doubt because of its affirmation of the CAPA statement. the rest