Hong Kong Primate says Gafcon conference ‘harms’ Anglican Communion

Friday, 11th July 2008
By: Wong Ka.Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Anglican Primate has criticized the Global Anglican Future Conference (Gafcon), held in Jerusalem this July, saying it has ‘brought severe harm’ to the Anglican Communion.

Archbishop Paul Kwong, the Anglican Primate of the Hong Kong province, said that Anglicans with different opinions on ordaining homosexual bishops should solve the problem through dialogue.

He criticized the Anglican bishops from the "traditionalist camp", whom he said not only refused to dialogue, but also held the conference in advance of the once-a-decade Lambeth Conference and thus brought severe harm to the Anglican Communion. the rest