ACC refuses to seat Ugandan delegate due to his ‘cross border intervention’

Posted on May 5, 2009 
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ACC 2009Background: At the Anglican Consultative Council’s meeting in Jamaica one of the elected representatives of the Church of Uganda has been refused a seat because he is involved in ‘cross border intervention’ in the US.

Here’s a Statement from the Church of Uganda —

“On the first day of the ACC-14 meeting, the Joint Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council made an unconstitutional decision to refuse to seat the clergy delegate from the Church of Uganda. The Church of Uganda is entitled to three delegates – a Bishop, priest, and lay person. …”

– from the Church of Uganda via Anglican Mainstream.

And the Anglican Communion News Service has released this statement justifying the decision – there’s also the audio of a press conference with ‘Secretary General of the Anglican Communion’ Canon Kenneth Kearon. Some questions from the press allege inconsistencies in the decision.

Canon Dr Chris Sugden sums it all up –

“We see here what appears to be a lack of fairness, evenhandedness and consistency applied to the advantage of those who have caused the current problems by departing from the teaching and practice of the Communion in faith and morals and to the disadvantage of those who have adhered to the teaching and practice of the Communion in faith and morals.”

Read the full text of his commentary here.

And the correspondence between Archbishop Orombi and Canon Kearon has been made available.