Largest Anglican Parish in Canada Secedes over Same-Sex Blessings
Largest Anglican Parish in Canada Secedes over Same-Sex Blessings by LifeSiteNews.com By John Connolly VANCOUVER, February 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Citing disagreements over homosexuality, the largest Anglican congregation in Canada voted overwhelmingly to break with its diocese and join a conservative Anglican movement based in South America. St. John’s, a parish in the upscale neighborhood of Shaughnessy in Vancouver, voted to leave the Diocese of New Westminster on February 13. St. John’s has been at odds with the diocese since 2002, when the Diocese of New Westminster began allowing its parishes to perform blessings for same-sex unions. In the past […]
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