[img]https://www.sermonindex.net/images/forum/2004/may/featured_news.gif[/img]

Anglican church leaders from around the world are meeting in Newry, Co Down, to discuss the crisis over gay clergy.

During a week-long retreat, the 38 primates will consider the Windsor report, written in the wake of the appointment of a gay bishop in the US.

The report, published in 2004, set out a strategy to calm the crisis, which has threatened to split the Church.

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has warned that difficult decisions lie ahead.

Speaking at a meeting of the Synod of the Church of England last week, Dr Williams said there would be "no cost-free outcome" from the row following the appointment of Gene Robinson in 2003.

The Synod has expressed its regret at the appointment.

_________________
SI Moderator - Greg Gordon