http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=833
Religious Intelligence] 17 June 2007--The worldwide Anglican Communion lurched a step closer to schism after the Episcopal Church questioned the authority of the Primates as it announced a rejection of the plan put forward in their Communiqué earlier this year.
Releasing a statement following the meeting of The Episcopal Church’s (TEC) Executive Council in New Jersey, it backed the House of Bishops’ rejection of a proposal for a Pastoral Council for traditionalist parishes who oppose the Church’s liberal line on homosexuality.
The Primates had called for a moratorium on the consecration of practising gay clergy in the Episcopal Church at their meeting in Tanzania in February, giving them a deadline of September 30 to respond.
In the statement, the Council said the requests of the Primates were of a nature that can only be dealt with by their General Convention, and challenged the authority of the Primates to intervene.
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