African church leader accuses Rowan of ‘betrayal’

by Maria Mackay
Friday, August 1, 2008

The Archbishop of Uganda, the Most Rev Henry Orombi, has accused the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Williams, of betraying biblically faithful churches by inviting bishops involved in the consecration of the openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson to the Lambeth Conference.

Archbishop Orombi, one more than 200 bishops boycotting the two-week conference, said in a comment for The Times that the current system for appointing the Archbishop of Canterbury was a “remnant of colonialism”.

“Even the Pope is elected by his peers. But what Anglicans have is a man appointed by a secular government,” wrote Archbishop Orombi. the rest