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October 15 2004 By virtueonline AUSTRALIA: Anglicans divided on Jensen outburst

Phillip Jensen delivered his personal remarks about Rowan Williams in England at a meeting of the ultra-conservative Reform group, which opposes bishops who are liberal on homosexuality, gay marriage and ordination.

He said Dr Williams should resign and was collecting his salary under false pretences, given his liberal views on homosexuality. Mr Jensen also dismissed King's College, Cambridge, as "a temple of paganism" for selling CDs in its entrance.

October 14 2004 By virtueonline LONDON: One in 10 clergy would perform gay marriages

A fifth of the respondents said they did not believe in a final judgment that would condemn them either to heaven or to hell.

The survey was carried out in the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. As three quarters of the clergy participated, its findings are likely to be a reasonable reflection of the national picture.

The figures confirm that the conservatives have lost the battle over women, but they still command the high ground over homosexuality.

October 14 2004 By virtueonline ENGLAND: Cleric's tirade targets leader. Williams called theological prostitute

He condemned the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, for his liberal views about homosexuality, although Dr Williams has publicly maintained a traditional stance in opposing gay marriage and ordination.

"That's no good. That's total prostitution of the Christian ministry," Philip Jensen told the evangelical group Reform at a conference held in Derbyshire.

October 12 2004 By virtueonline AUSTRALIA: Anglican Church Rejects Homosexual Ordination

The decisions come shortly before the titular leader of the world's Anglicans, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, is to announce the findings of commission established after the U.S. appointed the world's first openly homosexual Episcopal bishop.

Due to be released on Oct. 18, the report will provide the church's response both to Gene Robinson's appointment as bishop of New Hampshire and to the Canadian church's blessing of same-sex couples.

October 12 2004 By virtueonline LONDON: Anglican traditionalists want to create male clergy enclave

The Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, the Church's most senior
traditionalist, used the foreword to the new 250-page report to urge the
Church to delay consecrating women bishops.

Another leading traditionalist, the Bishop of Fulham, the Rt Rev John
Broadhurst, said: "The choice facing us all is stark: are we to engage upon an endless war of attrition which harms the gospel or do we have the generosity and charity to give each other the space we need."

October 12 2004 By virtueonline WASHINGTON: Gay bishop dismisses Anglican report

A number of same-sex couples, he said, identified themselves at the door of the church, where the bishop, dressed in a bright gold and green cape, stood to greet parishioners.

The bishop arrived in Washington on Friday to receive an award from the Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual-rights lobby based in the District.

October 11 2004 By virtueonline WESTERN MICHIGAN: Diocese may sell cathedral

"This is a big deal. There is a lot involved in this," said the Rev. Mark Rutenbar, president of the standing committee of the diocese. "The cathedral is a symbol of the diocese. Unfortunately, there is weak support for it as a building."

Diocesan offices, as well as a small Episcopal congregation, are currently located in the cathedral. Members of the congregation -- the Parish Church of Christ the King at the Cathedral of Christ the King -- say they oppose selling the building.

October 11 2004 By virtueonline ORTHODOX PRIEST BLASTS CREW IN LETTER TO GRISWOLD

This is not the first time Dr. Crew has interfered in the affairs of this province and has cited his position as a member of Executive Council, as if he is somehow acting in an official capacity. In March of 2001 in letter from you to Dr. Crew (released from Uganda and widely circulated on the Internet) you informed Dr.

October 09 2004 By virtueonline NEWPORT BEACH: Three Anglican Churches File Responses to Lawsuits by LA Diocese

There are two parts to the responses. First, the demurrer states that even if the allegations in the lawsuits were true, the churches’ actions were not illegal. The demurrer claims that the lawsuits by the diocese are legally defective because they fail to state facts sufficient to constitute legal causes of action.

October 08 2004 By virtueonline AUSTRALIA: Anglican conservatives win gay marriage battle

The evangelicals, who base their argument on a literal reading of the scriptures, have been strongly opposed to the progressives, who say that Biblical teachings are open to interpretation.

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