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NEW YORK (AP) - The head of the Episcopal Church asked church members for patience Tuesday after fellow Anglican leaders demanded the U.S. denomination step back from its support of gays or risk losing its full membership in the world Anglican fellowship.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in a statement that Anglican leaders are asking all sides in the fight over the Bible and sexuality to "forbear for a season" until the 77 million-member Anglican Communion can forge a compromise.
"Each party in this conflict is asked to consider the good faith of the other," Jefferts Schori said. "Each is asked to discipline itself for the sake of the greater whole."
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