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Last updated 22:30 BST Tuesday 1/7/03

Archive

Monday 30th June

Not-so-holy matrimony - The Guardian
Edith Humphrey - Why this issue - Canadian Anglican News Network
Stand aside or church splits - Reading Evening Post

Sunday 29th June

Queen is 'deeply concerned' over gay bishop rift - Sunday Telegraph
And suspicion begat spite, back-stabbing and schism - Sunday Telegraph
Gay bishop's links to Williams goes back 30 years - Sunday Telegraph
Gay love's fine, it's all in the Bible (Richard Harries) - Sunday Times
Bishop claims Jesus wouldn't care about gay clergy - Sunday Times
Royal Concern over Bishop - Sunday Independent

Sunday - Controversy in the Anglican Communion - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File)
Sunday - James Jones : Opposition to Jeffrey John - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File)

Saturday 28th June

Bigotry and the Bishops - The Guardian
Church in a State - The Times Editorial
The Moral Maze - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File)
James Jones' Address to Liverpool Diocese Synod - Liverpool Diocese
Peter Forster's Address to Chester Diocese Synod - Chester Diocese

Friday 27th June

Welcome and dissapointment greet Archbishop's statement - Church Times
Sydney and West Indies back Nigeria's stand - Church Times
Oxford diocese voices its views on Dr John - Church Times
The Ballad of Reading - Church Times Editorial
Villagers back gay row rector - This is Kent
Issues of Human Sexuality arouse mixed reaction - Anglican Communion News Service

Thursday 26th June

Reading Crisis Deepens - Church of England Newspaper
Clergymen threaten to shun first gay bishop
- The Telegraph
Church faces schism over gay bishop - The Guardian
Worldwide split threatened over gay bishop - The Guardian
Archbishops urge gay bishop to stand down - The Times
Church leaders warn of gay split - BBC News

Wednesday 25th June

Statement by Network of Anglican Mainstream

Gay row threatens Synod - The Telegraph
Church in danger of double split over bishop - The Times
Synod keeps gay debate off the agenda - The Guardian
Thought for the Day - Anne Atkins - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File) - Transcript Here

Tuesday 24th June

Dr Philip Gidding's response to Archbishop's Letter - Oxford Diocese Website

Williams attacked over gay bishop row - BBC News
Williams: Gay row threatens credibility of church - The Telegraph
Archbishop breaks silence to back gay canon - The Independent
Williams tries to calm row over gay bishop - The Guardian
Sex obsession must stop, says Archbishop - The Times
Philip Giddings on Today Programme - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File)
Vicars backing the new bishop - Reading Evening Post

'We know who we are. We know what it is to discover love. We know that love is costly' - The Guardian

Monday 23rd June

We could fall apart over gays, says Archbishop - The Telegraph
Pressure grows on Williams to break silence in gay bishop row - The Guardian
Anger over gay clergy erupts in Sydney - The Independent

Today - Archbishop Peter Jensen - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File)
Robert Pigott for BBC News - BBC News (Video File)
Newsnight Interview with Richard Harries - BBC 2 - also available on Newsnight Website

Rowan Williams' Statement - BBC News (Video File)

Open Letter from Rowan Williams - Oxford Diocese Website
Archbishop: "No objection" to gay bishop - BBC News

Sunday 22nd June

New Bishop and Curate are in Love - The Telegraph
Gay bishop and curate boyfriend bought flat together last year - The Telegraph
Church faces financial ruin from parish protests - The Telegraph
Bishop's report set to harden line against gay clergy - The Observer
Anglican leader raises stakes with gay outburst - The Observer
Focus : Loose Cannon - Sunday Times
Church of England admits it has already ordained two gay bishops - Sunday Times
Focus : Boy meets boy. Boy keeps boy. Boy splits church - The Independent on Sunday
Overseas bishop intervenes as threat of global schism grows - The Independent on Sunday
Gay bishop set to be ordained - BBC News

Sunday - Jeffrey John Profile - Radio 4 (Audio File)
Sunday - Jeffrey John: The view from Nigeria - Radio 4 (Audio File)
Sunday - Jeffrey John: Schism in the Church? - Radio 4 (Audio File)

Saturday 21st June

Row over gay bishops threatens existence of the Church of England - The Telegraph
Diocese riven by revolt over gay bishop - The Telegraph
Williams is told of liberal wing's support - The Telegraph
Bishop defends gay cleric as row escalates - The Guardian
"Evangelicals are fuelling bigotry" over gay bishop - The Times
How one man's 'gift from God' is splitting the Anglican Church into crisis - The Independent
World's church leaders warn of schism over gay bishop - The Independent
Privacy call in gay bishop row - BBC News
Fresh support for gay bishop - BBC News
Today Programme - Radio 4 (Audio File)
Ultimatum issued in gay bishop row - Oxford Mail
Letter of support for Richard Harries from Diocesan Bishops - Oxford Diocese Website

Friday 20th June

Statement by Concerned Oxford Diocese Clergy
Concerned Oxford Clergy Briefing Paper

Vicars back gay bishop but fear divisions lie ahead - The Times
Open warfare as churchmen speak up for gay bishop - The Times
Reading's split pleases nobody but the press - The Times
Abstinence of bishop fails to pacify his critics - The Telegraph
Gay bishop row may spark worldwide schism - The Guardian
Bishops put pressure on Dr John to rethink - Church Times
Gay bishop has support of half his clergy - The Independent
Clergy rebel over appointment of gay bishop - The Independent
Anglicans torn over gay bishop - BBC News
Gay bishop "catastrophic news" - BBC News
Bishops protest over gay colleague - BBC News
Gay bishop answers critics - BBC News
Head to Head : Gay Bishop - BBC News

Richard Harries - Thought for the Day - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File) - Transcript Here

Thursday 19th June

Gay Bishop vows "We will stay together" - The Times
Mysterious Ways - The Times (Editorial)
The Gay Bishop - My partner and I are together, our love is for life - The Times 2
Dioceses split by the issue that won't go away - The Guardian
Issue of the gay bishop splits church - The Guardian
Gay Bishop defends 27 year relationship - BBC News
BBC Radio 4 "Today" - Audio File
Bishops express concern over Reading appointment - Church of England Newspaper

Wednesday 18th June

Bishop fuels gay row in church - BBC News - Audio Copy Here - "Today" - BBC Radio 4
Sins of the flesh
- The Telegraph (Editorial)
Stand up for Dr John - The Guardian (Editorial)
Bishop defends open letter - BBC News

Tuesday 17th June

Archbishop faces revolt as gay row escalates - The Telegraph
Senior clergy gang up on gay bishop - The Times
Bishops try to stop gay appointment - The Guardian
Gay Communion - The Guardian
Bishops criticise gay rights appointment - BBC News

The letter from 9 Bishops to Richard Harries - Oxford Diocese
Richard Harries' Response - Oxford Diocese

Monday 16th June

Kirsty Wark interviews Bishop Graham Dow on Newsnight, BBC2 - Exclusive - Nowhere else on the web

Sunday 15th June

More from "Sunday" - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File)
Gay priests don't harm the C of E half as much as its Pharisees - Sunday Telegraph

Saturday 14th June

Evangelical threat to split C of E over gay bishop - The Guardian

Friday 13th June

Justice - Richard Harries on Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4 (Audio File) - Click Here for a Transcript

Bishops urged to prevent gay canon's ordination - The Times
Cash threat to Diocese over gay bishop - Church Times
The nomination of Jeffrey John - Church Times (Editorial)
Homosexuality and the Anglican Church - Evangelical Alliance

Thursday 12th June

Row over sexuality splits church - BBC News
10 days that shook the Anglican world
- Church of England Newspaper
Jeffrey's Agenda - Church of England Newspaper
Archbishop fuels row with message of comfort to gays - The Times
Williams pulls out of church gay conference - The Telegraph - Includes mention of statement by Bishop of Winchester on Jeffrey John's appointment

Wednesday 11th June

Conflict between homosexuality and priesthood in C of E - The Times
Statement from Executive Committee, Affirming Catholicism - ACNS

Tuesday 10th June

Critics unite against Bishop - Reading Evening Post
Talks over 'gay rights' bishop - Oxford Mail

Monday 9th June

Richard Harries Speaks at Oxford Diocese Synod - Oxford Diocese Website
Evangelicals try to oust Gay Bishop
- The Guardian
Evangelical joins growing CofE Revolt - The Telegraph
Fury as Gay Priest living with lover is elected Bishop
- The Times (About New Hampshire but mentions Jeffrey John)
Church split on gay row Bishop - Reading Evening Post

Sunday 8th June

Gay Bishop has right gifts for the job - Sunday Telegraph
Peter Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden, on the Sunday programme - BBC Radio 4 (Audio File)
A Prejudice that shames both church and society - The Observer
Church in new gay storm - The Observer
Bishop rounds on critics of gay clergy - Sunday Independent
Gay rights row "reinforced" homophobia - BBC News

Saturday 7th June

Archbishop supported bishop over gay affair - The Telegraph
Church is urged to back gay rights bishop - The Times

Friday 6th June

Call for Bishop to quit over gay link - The Telegraph
Bishop tells of clerical club gay secrets - The Telegraph
Church Rift widens in struggle over gay rights bishop - The Times
Should Nigeria say whether our priests can be gay? - The Times

Thursday 5th June

Primate urges Williams to act - Church of England Newspaper

Thursday 29th May

New Bishop worries Clergy - Church of England Newspaper

Friday 23rd May

Dr Jeffrey John to be a Bishop - Church Times

Thursday 22nd May

Ex-dean becomes Bishop - Oxford Mail

Wednesday 21st May

Church's Gay Rights Advocate is made Bishop - The Telegraph
Gay rights Bishop defended - BBC News
"Aiming to create a new living faith" - meet the new Bishop - Reading Evening Post

Tuesday 20th May

Oxford Diocese Announces Appointment of Jeffrey John - Oxford Diocese


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