Vicar opposes 'gay' rebels

A Solihull vicar has voiced his full support for the Archbishop of Canterbury, who confronted the views of the rebel Anglicans striving to split away from the church.

On Tuesday, Archbishop Rowan Williams challenged the creation of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (Foca), a global network representing around 35 million Anglicans opposing homosexual priests and marriages.

Foca formed at the end of the Global Anglican Future Conference (Gafcon), for leading evangelical Anglicans in Jerusalem. As well as their stance on gay clergy, they plan to diminish the role of the church's spiritual head, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

But Dr Williams warned leaders of the conservative coalition that demolishing existing structures was not the answer to their concerns. He accused the faction of lacking legitimacy, authority and integrity.

Added to the on-going division over women priests, many now fear the church could be in crisis.

  Vicar opposes 'gay' rebels
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