Following the Report of the Windsor Continuation Group to the Archbishop of Canterbury (which was published at the Primates Meeting in Alexandria, Egypt, in February 2009) the initial group of Pastoral Visitors called for by the Windsor Continuation Group in their Report and commended by the Primates Meeting in their Communiqué (para 15) met for a briefing session at Virginia Theological Seminary from 25-28 February.
Those appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Pastoral Visitors team are: the Rt Rev’d Santosh Marray, the Rt Rev’d Colin Bennetts, the Rt Rev’d Simon Chiwanga, Maj Gen (ret’d) Tim Cross, Canon Dr Chad Gandiya, who all participated in the briefing seminar, and the Very Rev’d Justin Welby, who was unable to attend.
Rob O’Neill will be on the witness stand in Colorado Springs today. It should be gruelling for the pastor turned prosecutor. Maybe he’s rather sit down with these guys.
I’m sure their meetings with the Archbishops of Nigeria, Uganda and Rwanda will also be very interesting. By the way, does anyone have background information on these visitors?
Bp. Colin was the bishop of Coventry until retiring last year, and Justin Welby is currently Dean of Liverpool Cathedral, his previous assignment was residential canon at Coventry Cathedral and heading up the int’l reconciliation work based out of the Cathedral.