Bishop Robinson was not expected to comment further until he has spoken with Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.
The bishops of the AMiA would not be invited to Lambeth because of the decision taken by Archbishop George Carey in 2000. Archbishop Carey “wrote to them saying he could not recognize their ministry” and that their “consecrations were irregular,” Canon Kearon explained. This decision was “confirmed at Oporto” by the primates in 2000, and the “decision was already fixed” by Archbishop Williams’ predecessor.
The case of CANA Bishop Martyn Minns exhibits “no difference” from the AMiA and he falls into the same category, Canon Kearon said.
On Bishop Kunonga, Archbishop Williams is “seeking further advice,” Canon Kearon said, but noted his case and that of one or two others had “nothing to do with the Windsor process.”
In 2002, the United States and the European Union banned Bishop Kunonga from travel to Europe and America in response to his complicity with the crimes of the regime of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe.
“The case of CANA Bishop Martyn Minns exhibits “no difference†from the AMiA and he falls into the same category, Canon Kearon said.”
I am a newbie CANA Anglican….so if I read this right…Kearon is saying that Minns is not a bishop. right?
No, he is saying he is ‘irregularly ordained’ – that is the similarity with AMiA – and that he is not a bishop ‘with jurisdiction’. I wonder hat Abp Akinola is going to say.
Lumping Bp. Minns in with Robinson is a real slap in the face for CANA and Abp. Akinola. To Hell with Lambeth, Williams and the CofE. They’re traveling the same path as ECUSA and I doubt that there is any real possibility of future unity despite conferring until we’re blue in the face.
I think Canon Kearon has stretched equivalence to the breaking point! CANA was designed to be a part of the Anglican Church of Nigeria while Amia was not designed to be part of the Church of Rwanda and Southeast Asia. Minns transferred his canonical residency to the Church of Nigeria. I do not believe that the AMiA bishops did the same, but I could be wrong.
However, the “archbishop intends to explore the possibility of inviting [Bishop Robinson] to Lambeth as a guest or observer,†(Canon Kearon) added.
Kearon’s gentle treatment of Robinson and his equally harsh and unfounded statements about CANA reveal his allegiances. Remember the embarassment of Kearon’s intimate insider scoops to Louis Crew?
Williams’ long leash on Kearon makes one wonder where the ABC’s real convictions lie.
Re #4: It is my understanding that all of the AMiA bishops claim canonical residence in, and are members of the House of Bishops in, either Rwanda or South East Asia. The AMiA is just what the name says, a mission in America of those Anglican provinces and not an autonomous Anglican church in its own right.