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January 16 2004 By virtueonline AMIA LEADER LOOKS CANDIDLY AT HIS STRUGGLE WITH ECUSA BISHOP

Chuck, as he is known by friend and foe alike, is a former Episcopal
priest who is, by any standard of measurement, on a roll. But he is not
without his detractors. Mention his name and you get one of two
responses. He's either the devil incarnate who left the Episcopal Church
when he should have stayed to reform it, or he is the savior of
Anglicanism in the US by offering a safe place for Episcopalians who can

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January 13 2004 By virtueonline SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston Parish Sends "Regret" Letter To All Saints Church

The Rev. Marc Boutan, associate rector of St. Philip's Church, a flagship
parish in the heart of Charleston, said some 15 clergy and laity signed a letter
saying, "We, some of your fellow clergy of the Diocese of South Carolina,
gathered coincidentally for the Anglican Communion Institute at St. Philip's
Church, wish to convey our deep sorrow over this loss."

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January 12 2004 By virtueonline WEST INDIES: Primate Lashes Out at ECUSA Presiding Bishop

GOMEZ: We are in impaired communion with ECUSA, which is the official position of the Province of West Indies.

VIRTUOSITY: At what point would it become broken?

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January 09 2004 By virtueonline PITTSBURGH "PROGRESSIVE" EPISCOPALIAN LEADER UPHOLDS INCEST

Lionel E. Deimel wrote the article "Weekend Practice" which is at his
website "Lionel Deimel Farrago" described as a diverse collection of
information, opinions, fiction, poetry, and trivia. (Farrago comes from
the word comes from the Latin for mixed fodder.)

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January 06 2004 By virtueonline 2004 -- Nigeria's year

One of the likely prospects is Cardinal Francis Arinze, 71, an Ibo from Nigeria and now prefect of the Vatican's Congregation on Divine worship. He is tough, energetic knows how to handle youth -- and most importantly perhaps - - is an expert on Islam.

Then consider another branch of Christianity -- the Anglicans. The most powerful traditionalist voice is that of archbishop Peter Akinola, primate of the Anglican province of Nigeria with 17 million-18 million faithful.

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January 05 2004 By virtueonline 2003 YEAR IN REVIEW - Part Six (Final)

This discipline would take the following form: Bishop Ingham would be
reduced to observer status in the Communion (no voice, no vote). His
further participation in Communion affairs would be suspended.
Mechanisms would be implemented to protect parishes and clergy in New
Westminster who maintain a commitment to the historic faith and order
of the Communion.

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January 05 2004 By virtueonline 2003 YEAR IN REVIEW - Part Five

In the DIOCESE OF ALBANY, a small faction of liberal priests unhappy
with the way Bishops Dan Herzog and David Bena voted at GC2003 tried to
pull off a coup d'etat hoping to turn the diocese towards sexual
inclusion (read perversity) with an "alternative" vision for the
diocese. They tried and they failed.

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January 05 2004 By virtueonline 2003 YEAR IN REVIEW - Part Four

Canon Bill Atwood of EKKLESIA said the Global South majority of
Primates and bishops were so offended by the conduct of Canada, UK, and
ECUSA in the last ten days, they were no longer going to be willing to
have parallel jurisdiction. "I'm guessing," he writes, "that what will
emerge is 'replacement jurisdiction.' By doing so it will not allow for
the cancer to continue without being addressed.

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January 04 2004 By virtueonline 2003 YEAR IN REVIEW - Part Three

The Anglican Church in New Westminster (ACiNW) - that core of faithful parishes responded telling Ingham, in so many words, NUTS. We will not surrender to accommodate your miserable sexual morality.

The CANADIAN ESSENTIALS GROUP asked the House of Bishops to accept Bishop Buckle's offer of alternative episcopal oversight saying it would make it possible for them to remain within the Anglican Church of Canada.

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January 04 2004 By virtueonline 2003 YEAR IN REVIEW - Part Two

In order to do damage control for his outrageous remarks, Griswold tried to spin his own words, and in private correspondence to President Bush wrote; "My comments were taken out of a larger context and had to do with my international travels as Presiding Bishop and my opportunities to meet with bishops and archbishops in other part of our worldwide Anglican Communion many in countries overwhelmed by poverty and disease."

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