Church will separate, Anglican bishop says

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[Virtue Online] 27 May 2008--Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan, a man at the epicenter of forces shaking the world Anglican Communion and its affiliated U.S. Episcopal Church, got a standing ovation from about 75 people in Waukesha County this week as he said that a new North American church was arising for traditionalists opposed to same-sex blessings and gay, partnered bishops.

As chairman of the Common Cause Partnership, a federation of Anglican jurisdictions and partnerships in the United States and Canada, he hosted a meeting of like-minded bishops in May in Pittsburgh. A reference to that in his talk evoked the applause.

"What I can tell you about a meeting of the lead bishops was that there was unanimity among us, that all of the efforts that are swelling up from the ground around the country are to be encouraged, and that we actually anticipate that we will be in a situation within 24 to 36 months in which . . . a separate ecclesiastical structure in North America within the Anglican Communion will exist as a united reality. And that I think is very good news."