Global South Anglicans vow to act against US Church’s pro-gay shift

by Jenna Lyle
Friday, April 23, 2010

Some 130 Anglican leaders from the Global South have condemned The Episcopal Church in the US (TEC) over its plans to consecrate a second openly gay bishop despite huge opposition from within the Anglican Communion.

Canon Mary D Glasspool, a partnered lesbian, will be consecrated as a bishop suffragan in the Diocese of Los Angeles in a ceremony next month.

Anglican leaders from 20 Global South provinces concluded a meeting in Singapore today with a statement declaring their intention to continue speaking out against TEC, the Anglican Church of Canada and “all those churches that have rejected the way of the Lord as expressed in Holy Scripture”.

The leaders said TEC’s intended consecration of Glasspool demonstrated “a total disregard for the mind of the Communion”.
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