The Archbishop of Canterbury\u2019s ban on American participation in the Anglican Communion\u2019s international ecumenical dialogues remains in place, a spokesman for the Anglican Consultative Council reports.<\/p>\n
However, the addition of an American Episcopalian to the delegation to the third Anglican\u201d\u201cLutheran International Commission (ALIC) meeting in Jerusalem last week was not a violation of the ban on participation in ecumenical dialogue of those who propagate views contrary to the church\u2019s teachings on human sexuality, the ACC says.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) tells The Church of England Newspaper that the communiqu\u00c3\u00a9 misstated the status of the American member of the Anglican team. The Very Rev. William Petersen, Provost and Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Bexley Hall Seminary in the United States, was a \u201cconsultant not a member of ALIC. The reference to him in the communiqu\u00c3\u00a9 as a member was incorrect,\u201d\u009d ACC spokesman Jan Butters said.<\/p>\n