‘Sun sets on Church of England’

Posted on June 22, 2008 
Filed under News

Peter Jensen“The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney has declared a formal split in the worldwide Anglican communion over the consecration of openly gay clergy and the blessing of same-sex unions. …”

Jason Koutsoukis in The Age reports on the press conference at which Dr Jensen actually spoke of an effective – but not a formal (in the sense of “officially sanctioned”) – split in the Anglican Communion.

(Photo: Abp Peter Jensen at the BBC’s Amman bureau last week – by Russell Powell.)