US gay bishop asks for blessing Canon Robinson said leaving his wife was his greatest risk United States clergyman Canon Gene Robinson - the first openly gay Anglican bishop to be elected - has called on the Church of England to bless his appointment. "Relationships that are mutual and loving, relationships that are monogamous, life-long intentioned and faithful - that's what the church is about to bless I hope," he told the BBC Radio 4's Today programme. The Church of England threatened to split over the recent appointment to the post of Bishop of Reading of the gay priest Canon...