Africa's leading Anglican archbishops plan to snub their pro-gay rights US counterpart at a key summit next month as a bitter battle over homosexuality intensifies in a world church on the brink of schism.
Several African leaders have blasted Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first woman to head the US Episcopal Church, for backing gay clergy and same-sex unions. They have urged Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, not to invite her to a global meeting of Anglican primates in Tanzania.
Peter Akinola, a spokesperson for Nigeria's Archbishop, Africa's staunchest opponent of gay rights, said many primates - heads of member churches - were loathe to meet with Jefferts Schori. SABC
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