Thursday, September 29, 2005

Southern Cone Primate Accepts Rejected Brazilian Bishop and Clergy

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3043

[VirtueOnline] September 29, 2005--The ongoing conflict between the conservative evangelical Diocese of Recife and the liberal Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil took a significant turn today when The Most Revd Gregory Venables, Primate of the Southern Cone of America extended recognition and protection in the unprecedented action of the Brazilian province to defrock and excommunicate the Bishop of Recife and 40 clergy earlier this year.

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