ACC backs up Windsor moratoriums

15 May, 2009

The ACC has “affirmed” rather than simply “noted” the recommendations of the Windsor Continuation Group (WCG), which has been addressing the call for moratoriums on same-sex blessings, cross-border interventions, and the ordination of gay and lesbian people as bishops, writes Pat Ashworth.

A move to introduce a fourth moratorium, the “cessation of litigation”, was lost by a margin of just one vote. Litigation has been initiated by both sides, and dissenting conser­vatives in North America believe that the future of many of their clergy and congrega­tions is threatened by it.

The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, Dr Katharine Jefferts Schori, said that bishops had a moral and fiduciary responsibility to protect church assets. She was supported in that view by the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan. the rest