Reply #7: Pilate looks closer to the mark [View All]

He wasn't exactly decisive about a British bishop:

Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, twice gave verbal permission for the gay cleric Dr Jeffrey John to be appointed a bishop, it emerged yesterday.
The disclosure comes almost a year after Dr John was forced to stand down from the post of suffragan bishop of Reading by Dr Williams, because his appointment caused a storm of protest from Anglican evangelicals across the world.
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"I had understood the diocese was more behind the appointment than seemed to be the case," he said. "There was public disagreement in the House of Bishops:If bishops are divided over welcoming a new member, then that does make one scratch one's head. Thirdly, there was the international dimension, which was very complex and quite fragile. When a third-world diocese says it cannot remain in fellowship, that is a cost to both sides."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,1241818,00.html