Conservative Anglicans threaten synod boycott in outrage at pro-gay Scottish bishop's attendance
Bishop of Edinburgh, John Armes
A small group of conservative Anglicans are considering boycotting the Church of England's biannual synod this week after a pro-gay marriage Scottish bishop was also invited to join the four-day meeting.
The Bishop of Edinburgh, John Armes, proposed the motion that led to the Scottish Episcopal Church's acceptance of gay marriage last month, becoming the first British Anglican Church to do so.
He is invited by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York as an ecumenical guest to the CofE's ruling general synod which meets on Friday in York.
But a group of traditionalists are saying they are placed in an 'invidious' position by the 'entirely wrong' invitation....