The archbishop of York on Saturday rebuked some Anglican traditionalists for what he calls ungracious behavior toward Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.<\/p>\n
Williams has drawn criticism from both sides in the Anglican Communion’s bitter division over the role of homosexuals in the church, but Archbishop John Sentamu told the Church of England’s General Synod that some of the criticism was wide of the mark.<\/p>\n
Sentamu, regarded as the second-ranking figure in the Church of England, said it had “grieved me deeply to hear reports of the ungracious personalization of the issues through the criticism and scapegoating of Rowan Williams.”<\/p>\n
“Rowan Williams exemplifies that quest of holding together holiness, truth, love and unity.<\/p>\n
“The accusations and inferences of what has been said by some are not only ungenerous and unwarranted but they describe a person I don’t recognize as Rowan. He demonstrates, in his dealings with others, the gift of gracious magnanimity.”<\/p>\n