LONDON — One day after an emergency summit of Anglican leaders in London, the archbishop of Canterbury said an openly gay bishop-elect in the United States should not be installed next month.
Rowan Williams, leader of the Anglican Communion, told the BBC Oct. 17 V. Gene Robinson should not be installed Nov. 2, because “I believe on a major issue of this kind the church has to make a decision together.”
The two-day meeting of Anglican leaders, or primates, concluded Thursday with a warning that Robinson’s installation threatens to “tear the fabric of our communion at its deepest level.”
Robinson said he plans to proceed with the installation, and the top leader of the U.S. church, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, plans to attend. There are no formal provisions that would allow Robinson to withdraw, since his election was confirmed by the national church in August.
Asked if he would call on Robinson to step aside, Griswold told reporters, “I might do many things.”
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