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"His remarks will dismay liberals who had seen him as their champion, and suggest that he hopes to avoid making any final decisions at the meeting [of Anglican primates] at Lambeth Palace on Oct 15 and 16," the Telegraph's Jonathan Petre rightly notes. "He could propose a subcommittee of primates to study various options, reporting to the next meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council, which could be held as early as next year. This approach may not, however, appeal to the hardline conservatives, who want the American Episcopal Church expelled … and are threatening to walk out of the Anglican Communion if Dr. Williams does not take urgent action."

Meanwhile, orthodox Anglicans continue to worry about reported plans to limit the debate at the primates meeting. If you missed it, check out last week's article from The Birmingham News, as well as follow-ups by The Church of England Newspaper

More on Anglican troubles:

• Anglicans find it's Africa vs. West on homosexuality | Africa is now home to more than half the world's Anglicans (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• In South, Episcopal schism pondered | Parishes that oppose the actions of the denomination's general convention are deeply divided over what to do now (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Archbishops clash on the issue of homosexuals | The archbishop, apparently the only African primate lining up with the liberal Western churches on gay clergy, was savagely attacked by Nigerian primate Peter Akinola in an open letter last week (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
  
  
• Poor Dr Rowan: solving the gay row will only lead to another one | If he throws out the gay-friendly branches of the Anglican Communion, he will disgust his own supporters in this country, and lose the wealthiest churches abroad that acknowledge him. If he tells the Southern Hemisphere that the Episcopal church of America has a perfect right to elect an openly gay bishop if it wants to, he will lose a lot of his own wealthiest parishes in England to a well-organized and completely ruthless evangelical campaign that aims to leave him a powerless figurehead even within his own church, as he is outside it. If he does nothing the row will just go on for years (Andrew Brown, The Daily Telegraph)
  
  

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