Sunday, September 25, 2011

IRELAND: Church of Ireland Archbishop plea fails to silence unhappy clergy

IRELAND: Church of Ireland Archbishop plea fails to silence unhappy clergy

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/local/archbishop_plea_fails_to_silence_unhappy_clergy_1_3087463
September 24, 2011

TWO Church of Ireland rectors have broken ranks to reject Archbishop Alan Harper's appeal for an end to discussion of the church's first same-sex union involving a minister.

Amid growing impatience in sections of the church which has not yet made clear whether it accepts the controversial civil partnership, three weeks after the News Letter revealed the move, there are emerging warnings that if the church does not act evangelicals may find their own bishops.

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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