Lied to the Archbishop of Canterbury and Other Authorities?!?
US Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori lied?!?
Head of Anglican Communion lacks courage to confront them?!?
I report and link. You decide. - ToK
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. - 2 Timothy 2:15
From a Virtue Online .org exclusive article, LAMBETH: David's Diary:
LAMBETH: David's Diary - From My Ear to Yours (3) [/] By David W. Virtue [/] 7/30/2008 [/] [NOTE: TEC stands for THE Episcopal Church aka The Episcopal Church USA (Just kidding about the all-caps THE)]
[...] [...] Ft. Worth Bishop Jack Iker had some choice words to say about the 3rd Windsor Continuation Group Report. In an interview, he said that a number of TEC bishops who spoke at the hearing were quite distraught over the recommendations of the report. California Bishop Marc Andrus stood and said something like "I'm not going to lie to you; we have numerous same-sex blessings occurring in my diocese all the time, and have for years." Bishop Chane stood and commented that he had about 30 same-sex-partnered clergy in his diocese.
"While one can give both bishops points for honesty, they look less stellar when one considers their admissions (and much other evidence) alongside the pledge that TEC bishops made last September. Will [Archbishop of Canterbury] Dr. Williams finally acknowledge that the word of TEC bishops cannot be trusted - even if the WCG recommendations were to go forward?" A friend wrote: "This is hardly the first evidence of lying on the part of TEC bishops to Rowan and to the Windsor people and to anyone else involved with potentially disciplining them. I wonder if [Archbishop of Canterbury] Rowan [Williams] will now have to acknowledge the obvious. TEC bishops lied. [US Presiding Bishop] Katharine Jefferts Schori lied. They can't be trusted. I doubt he can muster the courage to do that. The reputation of Lambeth [worldwide Anglican conference] has sunk even lower, if that's possible." [My ellipses and emphasis]
