Fr Keith Newton, a bishop in the Church of England until just a few weeks ago who is now an ordained Catholic priest and the head of the Personal Ordinariate of England and Wales, said he hoped churches could be shared between the different congregations.
But he insisted he did not want any “rancour or bad feeling” between Anglicans and those who go over to Rome under the unprecedented scheme.
The Ordinariate was proposed late in 2009 by the Vatican as a refuge for disaffected Anglicans worldwide who oppose developments such as women’s ordination.
Well, have he staying in the C of E, he could have potentially made that happen. But now he’s left the remaining sheep to the wolves, he shouldn’t hold his breath.
*had he stayed*
I know better than to type comments before my first cup of coffee.