Liberal and conservative clergy have been brought to the brink of schism over the ordination in 2003 of Robinson in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the first openly gay bishop in the church’s 450-year history.
The statement urged the 80 million-member global church to “directly study the scriptures and explore the subject of human sexuality together in order to help us find a common understanding.”
The final statement was written in response to a report prepared for the head of the Anglican church, Archbishop Rowan Williams, and released by him for discussion at the conference, held in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria this week.
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