It is the Bishop of Chile, the Rt Revd Tito Zavala, whose place on the Inter Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO) has now been withdrawn. The secretary-general of the Anglican Communion, Canon Kenneth Kearon, made the announcement yesterday.
The Archbishop’s move is part of a crackdown on provinces seen to be in breach of the moratoria concerning same-sex unions, the consecration of gay bishops, and the flouting of provincial boundaries. These were asked for by the Primates’ Meeting and confirmed by IASCUFO itself.
In his Pentecost letter (News, 28 May), Dr Williams warned that provinces that breached these moratoria could no longer represent the Anglican Communion on inter-Anglican bodies such as IASCUFO, or take part in the various ecumenical dialogues that are currently under way.
Shortly after the release of the Pentecost letter, Canon Kearon announced that the membership of the representative on IASCUFO for the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Revd Dr Katherine Grieb, had been withdrawn. She was invited to serve as a consultant instead.
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