Primate Bites Back

... or what do you expect when you appoint a Druid to be Archbishop of Canterbury. (Dr Rowan Williams, a Druid, was appointed by Tony Blair, who is now a Catholic. Go figure.)

Archbishop of Canterbury 'betrayed churches over gay bishops'

The Archbishop of Canterbury has been accused of betrayal by one of the Anglican Communion's leading conservatives.

By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:11AM BST 01 Aug 2008

The Most Rev Henry Orombi, Primate of Uganda, said it is wrong that the leader of the 80 million-strong worldwide Anglican church should be a "remnant of colonialism" who is appointed by the Queen of England.

Archbishop Orombi is boycotting the Lambeth Conference along with 200 other bishops in protest at the presence of liberal Americans and Canadians who elected an openly gay bishop and who have blessed same-sex unions in defiance of tradition.

He said: "The spiritual leadership of a global communion of independent and autonomous Provinces should not be reduced to one man appointed by a secular government."

Writing in The Times, he went on: "Even the Pope is elected by his peers. But what the Anglicans have is a man appointed by a secular government. Over the past five years we have come to see this as a remnant of British colonialism, and it is not serving us well."

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