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KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - The first woman leader of the U.S. Episcopal Church will be snubbed by conservatives at the next global Anglican Communion gathering to protest her support for gay clergy, a bloc of tradition-minded clergymen said Friday.
The statement deepens the ideological rifts threatening to break apart the 77-million-member communion and seeks to further pressure its American wing, which in June elected Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as its national leader.
The liberal direction of the church and Jefferts Schori's support of gay ordination has angered many conservatives, including the African-led Global South alliance. Global South leaders wrapped up a four-day meeting in Kigali on Friday by saying some of its membership would not accept Jefferts Schori's authority at a meeting of the world's Anglican leaders in February in Tanzania.
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