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Four Priests Resign Bishop Michael Ingham has accepted the resignation of four clergy who no longer consider themselves members of the Anglican Church of Canada. The priests involved are the Rev. Barclay Mayo, former rector of St. Andrew's, Pender Harbour, the Rev. Silas Ng, former rector of the Church of Emmanuel, Richmond, the Rev. Ed Hird, former rector of St. Simon's, North Vancouver, and the Rev. Paul Carter, a priest on leave from the diocese. "While a parting of the ways is always sad, I am glad that they have finally clarified the situation and made it clear they are...

SIX ORTHODOX CLERGY LEAVE DIOCESE OF NEW WESTMINSTER Special Report By David W. Virtue Five orthodox priests and a deacon in the Diocese of New Westminster resigned from the Diocese late last week over Bishop Michael Ingham's approval of same-sex unions and his support of the consecration of gay American Episcopal bishop V. Gene Robinson. Yesterday the five parish priests woke up and got on with their collective ministry despite the fact that the revisionist bishop now regards the priests as having left his diocese and the Anglican Church of Canada and says their properties belong to the diocese. The...

March 30th, 2004 The Anglican Parish of St. Simon's Deep Cove, 1384 Deep Cove Road, North Vancouver, BC, V7G 1S5 The Rt. Rev. Michael Ingham, Bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster, Anglican Church of Canada, #580 - 401 West Georgia St., Vancouver BC V5B 5A1 To the Bishop & Diocese of New Westminster Bishop Michael....Your leadership and the decisions and actions of the Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster in relation to the issue of the blessing of same-sex unions, coupled with your own open support of and participation in the Consecration of a practising homosexual for the...

Primates intervene in Canada row Number: 5706 Date: Feb 26, In a move that has the potential to divide Canadian conservatives, four Primates along with the Anglican Mission in America have stepped into the fray over alternative Episcopal oversight in the diocese of New Westminster in support of traditionalists. Last week in Vancouver the Rev Paul Carter announced that four of the 11 member parishes of the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW) had accepted “temporary adequate Episcopal oversight” from the Most Rev Yong Ping Chung of Southeast Asia, the Most Rev Emmanuel Kolini of Rwanda, the Most Rev Fidele...

ACiNW Respond to "Inaccurate" Statement by Bishop Ingham The Diocese of New Westminster recently issued a media statement accusing the parishes of the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW) of being so uncooperative that the Diocese may be forced to “exercise both a fiduciary and a stewardship responsibility to preserve the territorial integrity of the Diocese, and the assets of its parishes, for the future of the Anglican Church in British Columbia”. The media statement contained a number of inaccuracies that need to be corrected. Q: What led the Diocese to make this statement? A: The Diocese was reacting to...