Writing to Sir Philip Mawer about the Chrism Masses that I and other Anglo-Catholic bishops celebrate for the clergy that have been placed under our oversight, I did not “argue that clergy who did not support women’s ordination were no longer in communion with bishops who did”, as your report suggested (News from Britain and Ireland, 8 August). What I said was, “If a priest cannot receive communion from someone whom a bishop ordains to the priesthood, his communion
13 August 2015, The Tablet
Extent of communion
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