Canterbury Inaction

As the Archbishop of Canterbury fiddles the Episcopal church burns.

The Boston Globe reports that,

In a letter to leaders of the world's Anglican churches released yesterday, Archbishop Rowan Williams also said there would be no quick response to plans by seven dioceses of the US Episcopal Church to seek leadership outside that church because of their opposition to the appointment of gay clergy.

Actually, it is now eight dioceses. The Peoria Star Journal reports that the Diocese of Quincy, Illinois

...joins seven other U.S. dioceses... that have asked for alternative oversight since the Episcopal Church's triennial convention in June failed to declare a moratorium on election of noncelibate homosexual bishops. The moratorium had been requested by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and other Anglican primates.