February 7 Ottawa The House of […]
When
1979-02-07
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February 7 Ottawa The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada decided to allow the ordination of "admitted homosexuals" to Holy Orders if they agreed to abstain from homosexual sex. The new policy, which was revealed in the March 1979 issue of Canadian Churchman, caused a storm of controversy across the country. But, during a ten-day Anglican Consultative Council conference held in May 1979 in London, Ontario, Most Rev. Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, declared that the Anglican Church of Canada had made the right decision. The Church later clarified that the decision did not mean that it condoned homosexuality as a lifestyle among clergy or the laity.
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