Australia: New woman bishop at odds with boss over gays

May 23, 2008

AUSTRALIA'S first woman bishop didn't take long to find herself at odds with her boss, the primate of the Anglican church.

On her first day in her new role as Assistant Bishop of Perth, Kay Goldsworthy was asked whether women had shared the same experiences as homosexuals in their battle for recognition.

She was also asked if she would like to see homosexuals represented in the Anglican clergy. "I think these are two different matters,'' she replied.

"We are, as an Anglican church, at the moment engaged in a long process of listening carefully and attentively to the experience of homosexual Christian people, and that's where we're up to. the rest

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