Speaking today in an exclusive interview with The Christian Post, the retired archbishop said the covenant will not solve the essential problem of the Anglican Communion, which he identified as a crisis of biblical orthodoxy where the historic Anglican counterpart in America has embraced immorality and refuses to repent of it<\/p>\n
The Anglican Covenant, which calls upon archbishops and presiding bishops leading the 38 Anglican provinces worldwide to promote unity within the denomination, \u201cwill not help convert the sinful,\u201d\u009d he said.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, it is the Anglican leaders themselves, not a committee, who have to be responsible for the spiritual life of their churches.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s (the success of the Anglican Covenant) dependent on their willingness to repent, but they (the leaders of the American Anglican Church) have no fear of God,\u201d\u009d he said, comparing them to Eli, a priest in the Bible whose sons died because he failed to discipline them.<\/p>\n
\u201cNone of the resolutions have worked. None of the committees have worked,\u201d\u009d said archbishop Tay. He described the Anglican Consultative Council, a \u201d\u02dcmajor decider\u2019 in the Anglican Communion, as \u201d\u02dcU.S.-controlled.\u2019<\/p>\n