There’s only two days’ difference in the dates of the letters, so if she actually sent it snail mail (or even air mail), there’s a pretty good chance it wouldn’t make it from here to Uganda by then. I guess this was posted on a TEC website as a press release.
In any case, if it’s true, it’s one heck of a smackdown by Bishop Orombi.
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Good point about the dates. I didn’t notice that. Under the circumstances, it seems that she intended him to receive the information through the Internet, and a paper mail communication could not really be expected to reach him. (Unless they have something like Anglican Diplomatic Pouch ...)
And yes, it’s a great statement from Bp. Orombi. It would have been funny if he’d addressed her as “Mrs. Jeffert-Schori” though :-).
The capitol cities of most African countries are pretty modern, and I bet FedEx makes deliveries to even Uganda every day or so. And yes, they do have email. Besides there are still telegrams.
No, this is purposeful grandstanding via the internet—repeatedly done by Schori et al. in the past to conservative African bishops. The amount of snide condescension and even racism by “enlightened” American revisionists towards the Africans simply cannot be overestimated.