Uganda: Church Joins Fight Against Gay Bishop in London

Kampala — The Church of Uganda has joined several others to oppose the consecration of a gay bishop in London.

The Irish Times newspaper reported Friday that Uganda alongside Nigeria, and others threatened to cut their relationship with the Church of England, their mother church, if it went ahead to consecrate Canon Jeffrey John the bishop of Reading, west of London. Can. John is a self-professed homosexual.

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