Africa gives refuge to rebel U.S. Anglicans
Mon 27 Aug 2007
By Wangui Kanina

NAIROBI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Plans by African bishops to consecrate American colleagues will not deepen an Anglican rift over gay clergy but instead provide refuge to U.S. believers at odds with their liberal church, Kenya's archbishop said.

Growing numbers of conservative Anglican priests are abandoning the liberal U.S. church and pledging alliance to traditionalist African bishops who take a tough line against homosexuality.

Benjamin Nzimbi told Reuters on Monday he would consecrate dissident U.S. clerics Bill Atwood and Bill Murdoch as bishops on Thursday at a ceremony in Nairobi. Uganda's Henry Orombi is due to consecrate John Guernsey next week. the rest