Most sensational story of the day: Christopher Morgan reports in The Sunday Times, Gay bishop to come out in memoirs, that a Church of England bishop will disclose his homosexual lifestyle in an autobiography to be published on his retirement. He also confirms that at least seven of the present 113 Church of England bishops are either gay or bisexual.
Runner-up in the sensation stakes is the Sunday Telegraph, with a report that Over half of Anglican worshippers back actively gay vicars. An ICM survey of 500 regular churchgoers found that 52 per cent of those questioned supported the idea that active homosexuals should be ordained.
The Observer has two reports. In Williams reignites row over gay bishop Jamie Doward says that RW will argue that the actions of ECUSA defy the Church’s established position, and [oddly I think] that this is a surprise. More interesting is his other article US millionaire bankrolls crusade against gay Anglican priests which tells more about the right-wing bankrolling of American conservative groups like the AAC, on which I have reported here earlier.This story also quotes Philip Giddings as saying: ‘These are Americans and it’s the nature of their culture. The fact an organisation is bankrolled by wealthy individuals is not unique to the AAC or any other interest group. It’s a case of a lot of pots and not many clean kettles.’ Giddings goes on to say: ‘I would expect to see a reaffirmation of the position of the Lambeth conference. That has been the overwhelming view of Anglicans. It would take unique circumstances for the Primates not to reaffirm it.’
The Independent on Sunday has Call for end to gay priest ‘obsession’.
Posted by Simon Sarmiento on Sunday, 12 October 2003 at 8:22 AM GMT | TrackBack