Meet the Focas (Anglican schism?)

But that (Bash The Bishop) was actually the Sun headline following his remarks wasn't it?

Well, it looks as though the Bishop is bashing back

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/222...-warns-Gafcon-over-new-church-structures.html

"It is not enough to dismiss the existing structures of the Communion," he said. "If they are not working effectively, the challenge is to renew them rather than to improvise solutions that may seem to be effective for some in the short term but will continue to create more problems than they solve."

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Apparently these words represent surprising forthrightness from Williams.

C of E lurches to its next crisis - this time about the terribly divisive idea of extending the same rights to the female members as to the male. They actually voted the right way on this one which is probably the worst result for the church as it's always the bigots who kick up the most fuss when they don't get their way.

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-07-08-church-of-england-faces-split-over-women-bishops

"The crunch vote at the University of York in northern England followed a passionate six-hour debate that pitched conservatives against liberals and ended with one bishop in tears as he said he was "ashamed" of the Church of England.
The Reverend Stephen Venner, the Bishop of Dover in south-east England, who supports women bishops, said the failure to agree to create "super bishops" meant that every opportunity to allow objectors to "flourish" with the Church had been blocked."

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The "objectors" of course being those who are so violently opposed to the idea of female priests that they cannot countenance remaining in the flock. It's weird that the church always takes the moral high ground while at the same time demanding the right to be one of the few organisations that are exempt from laws preventing discrimination against women and gays.