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Anglican Leader Warns About Lesbian Bishop

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The leader of the worldwide Anglican communion issued a harsh statement to Episcopal Church leaders in response to the election of an out lesbian bishop in the Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles on Saturday.

Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, told members of his church's U.S. branch that the election of the Reverend Canon Mary D. Glasspool, who would become the second openly gay bishop after V. Gene Robinson, "raises serious questions," according to the Los Angeles Times.

"The election of Mary Glasspool by the diocese of Los Angeles as suffragan bishop elect raises very serious questions not just for the Episcopal Church and its place in the Anglican Communion, but for the Communion as a whole," wrote Williams, according to the Times.

Over the next four months, Episcopal Church leaders will vote on the Glasspool selection made by the Los Angeles diocese.

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