Episcopal Split as Conservatives Form New Group

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/us/04episcopal.html?_r=1&hp

[New York Times] 4 Dec 2008--Conservatives alienated from the Episcopal Church announced on Wednesday that they were founding their own rival denomination, the biggest challenge yet to the authority of the Episcopal Church since it ordained an openly gay bishop five years ago.

The move threatens the fragile unity of the Anglican Communion, the world’s third-largest Christian body, made up of 38 provinces around the world that trace their roots to the Church of England and its spiritual leader, the Archbishop of Canterbury.