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Anglicans Move Closer to Split

'No longer any hope ... for a unified Communion,' says faction disapproving of gays

By Drew Nelles, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 19, 2008 8:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – Scores of Anglican bishops are boycotting the church's once-a-decade conference next month in favor of a conservative counter-meeting, the New York Times reports. The rival gathering, beginning Sunday in Jerusalem, results from a serious division in the denomination over homosexuality—and could be another step... Read full story »

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