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The following link is to the streaming video of the news report on CBC TV’s July 12th Monday Night 6:35pm about St. Simon's. http://Vancouver.cbc.ca/clips/Vancouver/ram-lo/040712_angli.ram Title: Anglicans: Church Divided Gloria Makarenko, TV News Anchor: A North Vancouver Parish has been told it should find a new home. St. Simon’s Parish has been asked to leave its building because its minister refuses to fall in line with the church’s policy on same-sex marriage(blessing). Dana Bales has the details. Dana Bales (Reporter): St. Simon’s Parish is raising a question of biblical proportions. Who owns the church: the parishioners, the priest, or the diocese?...

ACNS 3850 | ACO | 7 JULY 2004 Interview with Most Revd Robin Eames on the work of the Lambeth Commission In recent weeks, ACNS has received a large number of queries about the progress of the Lambeth Commission on Communion (LCC). ACNS managed to catch up with the Chair of the Commission, the Most Revd Robin Eames, as he passed through St Andrew’s House this week. He agreed to give some personal reflections on the work of the Commission, given that it is impossible for him or the Secretary of the Commission to respond to the large number of...

Press Release: The Anglican Communion in Canada. Anglican Bishop Attempts to Evict Orthodox Congregations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 25, 2004 The Anglican parish congregations of Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church, Pender Harbour (formerly St. Andrew’s) and St. Simon’s, Deep Cove received notices threatening eviction from the Rt. Rev. Michael Ingham, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster. Bishop Ingham told the leadership of these churches that, unless they “reconsider the actions” taken, they are “to seek alternate worship space for those whom you lead.” A third congregation, Richmond Emmanuel Church, (formerly Emmanuel Church, Richmond) received a “Notice of Closure”...

NEW WESTMINSTER BISHOP FACES TRIPLE CRISIS News Analysis By David W. Virtue VANCOUVER, BC-- The revisionist Bishop of New Westminster, Michael Ingham, faces a triple crisis that could derail his plans to depose, at the minimum put on hold, his desire to toss 11 biblically orthodox priests out of their parishes and seize their properties. He faces a legal ultimatum with the leaders of St. Martin's parish in North Vancouver who argue that unless the parish is allowed to control its own finances and staffing, it will ask the B.C. Supreme Court to overturn the firing of two church wardens...

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...

Statement by Bishop Michael Ingham: November 18th 2003 The statement yesterday by the Reverend Trevor Walters shows that the leadership of the dissenting group has no interest in reconciliation within the Diocese of New Westminster. Despite the consistent refusal of the House of Bishops to support their breakaway cause, Mr. Walters and his colleagues remain determined to pursue a separate diocese for themselves along with their own bishop. Their demand for the appointment of Bishop Anderson, after the House of Bishops has repeatedly urged the withdrawal of Bishop Buckle, illustrates a continuing lack of understanding not only of the mind,...

Statement from the Anglican Communion in New Westminster In response to the Canadian House of Bishop's Motions. posted November 18th, 2003 At its fall meeting in Toronto, the Canadian House of Bishops passed two motions designed to address the deepening crisis in the Diocese of New Westminster and the Anglican Church of Canada. One motion asks Bishop Terry Buckle to refrain from exercising Episcopal ministry for our parishes; it also asks Bishop Michael Ingham and Archbishop David Crawley to set aside their efforts to discipline Bishop Buckle and seven clergy of our parishes. The motion continues by asking for a...

Anglican priests face sanctions as same-sex fight grows By MARK HUME Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - Page A6 VANCOUVER -- Anglican leaders in British Columbia have charged seven priests who disagree with their diocese over blessing same-sex marriages with an array of ecclesiastical offences that could lead to their excommunication. The priests all lead Anglican congregations that have voted to oppose the blessing of same-sex unions. The priests have been pursuing an alliance for their churches with the more conservative Diocese of the Yukon. The stand has brought them into conflict with the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster because, under...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 27 October 2003 Media Release-ANGLICAN COMMUNION IN NEW WESTMINSTER Seven Anglican Priests Face Charges VANCOUVER, CANADA - The Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster has pressed ecclesiastical charges against seven clergy whose congregations oppose the blessing of same-sex unions. The clergy serve congregations representing about 23 percent of the weekly attending population of the Diocese of New Westminster. In March 2003, their congregations voted by an overwhelming majority to accept the pastoral oversight of the Rt. Rev. Terry Buckle of the Diocese of Yukon. The charges, identical for all seven clergy, include disobedience to the...

Orthodox Anglicans prepare defence Legal action pondered as the battle over same-sex blessings widens Frank Stirk CW BC Correspondent VANCOUVER, BC-The increasingly bitter jurisdictional battle between two Anglican bishops-Michael Ingham of New Westminster and Terry Buckle of the Yukon-could wind up in court. At issue is Buckle’s offer in March to provide "alternative episcopal oversight” to parishes within the diocese of New Westminster that broke with Ingham over his approval of a rite of blessing for homosexual couples. Ten parishes, all members of the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW), now recognize Buckle as their bishop. The church’s top leaders...

Anglicans near split over Bishop 'A huge crisis': Diocese leader says 'religious prejudice' is the real divide Joseph Brean National Post, with files from The Daily Telegraph Saturday, October 18, 2003 The worldwide Anglican Church stands ready to split over a Vancouver diocese's approval of same-sex unions and the imminent ordination of a gay American bishop. Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, said yesterday "a huge crisis" over homosexuality remains unresolved and could lead his Church to splinter, despite a crisis meeting of the leaders at a 13th-century London palace this week. It was called in part because the diocese...