Nigerian Bishop Rejects U.S. on Gays

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[Guardian Unlimited] 27 Sep 2007--Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola has rejected the U.S. Episcopal Church's latest efforts to calm tensions over the consecration of gay bishops - an issue threatening to split the global Anglican-Episcopalian family.

Akinola, a vocal and influential leader of the faction seeking an outright ban on gay bishops, said a resolution this week by the U.S. Episcopalians that failed to explicitly bar gay bishops from the pulpit meant his followers' ``pleas have once again been ignored.''

``Instead of the change of heart (repentance) that we sought what we have been offered is merely a temporary adjustment,'' Akinola said in a statement posted on his church's Web site late Wednesday.