English bishop says General Synod was ‘unChristian’

http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=2318

[Religious Intelligence] 19 Jul 2008-- An Anglo-Catholic leader in the Church of England has roundly slammmed the majority of General Synod members as being "uncharitable and unChristian" during the York debate on women bishops.

The robust accusation comes from the Bishop of Fulham, the Rt Rev John Broadhurst, chairman of the traditionalist body Forward in Faith. It follows the synod's refusal to make what traditionalists regard as sufficient provision for them when females start donning mitres in about 2012.

Bishop Broadhurst levels the charge in a message to Anglo-Catholics in which he speaks of the "real shock" of the York vote --- a shock which he experienced not because he expected to win but "because I had not realised the depth of the uncharitable and unChristian attitudes held by the majority".

During the debate it "became absolutely obvious that, in spite of appeals from both archbishops, the majority of so-called liberals were determined to see us out," says Bishop Broadhurst.