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New Westminster explains itself by Pat Ashworth THE Canadian diocese of New Westminster is seeking to correct the bishops of the Congo, who last week dissociated themselves from dioceses they described in a statement as “involved in homosexuality” (News, 9 January). The Congolese bishops strongly condemned what they called the “use of the newly devised prayer book published by the Diocese of New Westminster, Canada for the purpose of officiating the blessing of same-sex marriages”. In response, the New Westminster communications officer, Neale Adams, wrote a letter saying that no prayer book had been devised, and that the blessing was...