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[Eugene]

Episcopal leader asks for time

By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer

Tue Feb 20, 9:32 PM ET

NEW YORK - The head of the Episcopal Church asked church members
for patience Tuesday after fellow Anglican leaders demanded the U.S.
denomination step back from its support of gays or risk losing its full
membership in the world Anglican fellowship.

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in a statement that
Anglican leaders are asking all sides in the fight over the Bible and
sexuality to "forbear for a season" until the 77 million-member Anglican
Communion can forge a compromise.

"Each party in this conflict is asked to consider the good faith of the
other," Jefferts Schori said. "Each is asked to discipline itself for the
sake of the greater whole."

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