http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/2008/09/11/wales-will-respect-lambeth-moratorium/
[Anglican Mainstream] 12 Sep 2008--Support for the election of Dean Jeffrey John to be Bishop of Bangor in the Church in Wales appears to be drying up in the face of conservative activism and the desire of the Welsh hierarchy not to provoke a conflict with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Liberal activists charge that the furore over Dr John’s possible election was a false controversy, stage-managed by those seeking to embarrass Archbishop Barry Morgan and the Church in Wales. The present rekindling of the [Jeffrey John] saga is mischievous and a deliberate attempt to stir trouble,the Rev Martin Reynolds of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement told The Church of England Newspaper. He added that as a Welsh priest, he was unaware of any elector who was keen to advocate Dr John’s candidacy.
Last week the Rev Peter Jones, canon treasurer of Bangor Cathedral and vicar of Conwy, told the Western Mail he would resign if Dr John were elected bishop, saying he would be strongly opposed to the appointment. Jeffrey John is a strong advocate of changing the Church’s traditional teaching on homosexuality and I accept the teaching of Holy Scripture that homosexual acts are wrong. Therefore to have someone deliberately seek to undermine that teaching - that is clearly not someone who is suitable to hold office as a bishop in the Church of God, Canon Jones said.
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