Central Africa: Bishop Kunonga interview with The Herald
17 September 2007

THE Anglican Church Province of Central Africa has broken up, and the issue of homosexuality has been cited. The Herald caught up with the man who delivered the deathblow by withdrawing the Diocese he leads, Dr Nolbert Kunonga of Harare, to discuss this and other issues.

QUESTION: Bishop Kunonga, the big news is you have pulled out of the Church of the Province of Central Africa. Can you briefly tell our readers what motivated that decision?

ANSWER: First and foremost, the Church and the nation need to know that we belong to the Catholic Church ourselves, we belong to the Catholic faith. We believe in the primacy and supremacy of the scriptures and we will not tolerate any views that go contrary to the supreme canons, legitimate and authentic canons that have made us move away. The big decision is that we want to abide by our conscience and our faith. We do not intend to deviate in any way from the scriptures. To do so is to go against the rule of God if not His will, and I would urge Zimbabweans and Anglicans throughout the country that we cannot accept homosexuality. It has never been accepted and it will not be accepted in the Diocese of Harare and, as the Bishop of Harare, I don’t accept that. the rest