CANADA: Behind the scenes bullying at Synod over Same Sex Marriage Resolution
by David W Virtue DD, VOL:
VIRTUEONLINE has received word that intimidation and bullying took place behind the scenes at the recent Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada over the push for same sex marriage. In fact, the press was kept out of the loop about what really took place, but a number of sources gave VOL a vivid insight into what went on to get same-sex marriage legitimized in the ACoC.
[…] Here is what VOL learned. When the Synod members broke up into small discussion groups, some members complained about being “intimidated” and “harassed.” Archbishop Fred Hiltz spoke against harassment tactics, but the victims weren’t identified. It wasn’t until later that the identity of the “harassed” was made public. Those bishops and their delegates from the orthodox dioceses of Caledonia, Yukon, and the Arctic, because of their opposition to same-sex marriage, were identified as the victims.
After the decision was made in favor of changing the marriage canons to allow same-sex marriage, some of the clerics on the winning side had their daggers out for those who voted against the majority. This does not bode well for continued unity in the Anglican Communion in Canada.
Even as the vote results were being announced, several bishops and their delegates walked out of the proceedings, including the bishops of Caledonia and the Arctic. The dioceses of Caledonia, Yukon, and the Arctic have always been conservative, evangelical leaning. (Readers of VIRTUEONLINE may remember Archbishop Terry Buckle of the Yukon, whom New Westminster Bishop, Michael Ingham, threatened with disciplinary action for supporting St. John’s, Shaughnessy, when it broke away from the Diocese of New Westminster).
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