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July 10, 2012
New Zealand Anglican Archbishop will announce views on gay marriage in 2014

Archbishop David Moxon says ‘we will listen to Anglicans in the next two years’

New Zealand Anglican Archbishop David Moxon announced at a conference for the church that they were considering their view on gay marriage and would announce their conclusions in 2014.

The archbishop made the announcement on the fourth day of the Anglican church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia General Synod in Nadi in Fiji, the Fiji Times reports.

‘We haven't considered our final stand on gay marriage,’ said Archbishop Moxon.

March 16, 2012
Archbishop of Canterbury, who blocked gay equality, quits

Dr Rowan Williams, the 'liberal' who opposed continued Church of England homophobia will stand down

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will step down from his position as the head of the Anglican church in December.

The 61-year-old church leader, who in 2010 came close to splitting over the ordination of gay clergy and women bishops, has said in a statement on his website that standing down was not an easy decision.

Williams was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002 and will take the position of Master of Magdalene College at Cambridge University in January.

February 27, 2012
Australian Bishop defends appointment of gay priest

Bishop speaks out against church group’s criticism of appointment of openly gay priest

An Anglican bishop in rural Australia has defended his decision to appoint an openly gay priest, despite criticism from a church group.

Bishop John McIntyre of Gippsland in rural Victoria appointed Reverend David Head to the Heyfield parish. The Sydney-based Anglican Church League, who describe themselves as ‘evangelical’, called on McIntyre to ‘rescind’ on his appointment.