Presiding Bishop Paints TEC's Role as Victim in Zimbabwe Speech
Presiding Bishop Paints TEC's Role as Victim in Zimbabwe Speech
Outrageous misrepresentation of the facts, says Ft. Worth Bishop Iker
Untrue and irresponsible statement, says Bishop Wantland
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 9, 2011
Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal Church's Presiding Bishop, painted herself as the victim on a trip to Harare, Zimbabwe, recently.
The Episcopal leader was visiting the country to express support and solidarity with Zimbabwe's Anglicans, the first US Episcopal Presiding Bishop to do so. She told the Episcopal News Service, "I very much wanted to let the church in Zimbabwe know of our solidarity as they suffer through this harassment and victimization by the deposed former bishop and his thugs. The police have power only because the government sanctions their behavior."
She added, "They [Zimbabwe Anglican church] have experienced the same kind of thing as congregations in Fort Worth and San Joaquin" (where, she claims, former leaders in these places also tried to take possession of diocesan properties, barring parishioners from church buildings). "The church is more than a building, and has become stronger and more creative in exile."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Outrageous misrepresentation of the facts, says Ft. Worth Bishop Iker
Untrue and irresponsible statement, says Bishop Wantland
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 9, 2011
The Episcopal leader was visiting the country to express support and solidarity with Zimbabwe's Anglicans, the first US Episcopal Presiding Bishop to do so. She told the Episcopal News Service, "I very much wanted to let the church in Zimbabwe know of our solidarity as they suffer through this harassment and victimization by the deposed former bishop and his thugs. The police have power only because the government sanctions their behavior."
She added, "They [Zimbabwe Anglican church] have experienced the same kind of thing as congregations in Fort Worth and San Joaquin" (where, she claims, former leaders in these places also tried to take possession of diocesan properties, barring parishioners from church buildings). "The church is more than a building, and has become stronger and more creative in exile."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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