Five Anglican bishops announce conversion to Catholicism
Five Church of England bishops announced Monday they are converting to Catholicism. They are so far the highest-profile defectors in the church, which is facing internal opposition to various appointments of homosexual bishops and female clergy.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales named Bishop of Ebbsfleet Andrew Burnham, Bishop of Richborough Keith Newton, Bishop of Fulham John Broadhurst, as well as retired bishops Edwin Barnes and David Silk as those who have announced their decisions to convert.
Burnham and Newton are “flying bishops,” who minister to Church of England parishes where congregations have voted not to allow a woman priest to preside at services....