Anglicans remain split on gay issues at meeting

Thu Feb 5, 2009

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - The worldwide Anglican Communion ended a five-day meeting on Thursday without reaching consensus on the thorny issues of homosexual bishops and same-sex marriages.

The final statement of the conference, released a day after a bishop from Sudan restated his opposition to the consecration of openly gay U.S. bishop Gene Robinson, stressed the complexity of Anglican divisions that have at times threatened to split the church. the rest

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