Nor'West News: October 02, 2018

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• By Ashleigh Monk
ANGLICAN Reverend Andy
Carley of St Paul’s in Papanui
has revealed he will help
establish a breakaway diocese
in the wake of the same-sex
marriage blessings saga.
He said nine clergy from seven
parishes in Canterbury had
resigned and would start to form
the diocese, separate from the
synod of the Anglican Church
of Aotearoa, New Zealand and
Polynesia.
The parishes are St John’s
Latimer Square, St Stephen’s in
Shirley, St John’s in Woolston,
St Saviour’s and St Nicholas in
Barrington, St Christopher’s
in Avonhead and St Mark’s in
Rakaia.
“We will establish a new extraprovincial
Anglican diocese,
one recognised by the majority
of the world’s Anglicans, but is
separate from the current New
Zealand Anglican diocese,” he
said.
The Anglican Diocese
of Christchurch and the
synod of the Anglican Church
of Aotearoa, New Zealand and
Polynesia declined to comment.
St John’s Latimer Square, St
Stephen’s, St John’s, St Saviour’s
and St Nicholas, St Christopher’s
and St Mark’s were contacted for
Breakaway diocese under way
In Brief
ISSUE: Reverend Andy Carley is planning on joining with
other clergy from across the country to form a new Anglican
diocese.
comment but did not respond.
St Paul’s parishioner John
Stringer said that while he
would not join the new
diocese, he supported those who
would.
“I support my friend and vicar
Andy and the hundreds, if not
thousands, of vicars and Anglicans
leaving the denomination,”
he said.
He compared the issue to having
a New Zealand passport, and
therefore abiding by the “laws of
the land.”
“That does not mean we agree
with all the laws of the land, like
same-gender marriage, or the
drinking age, or abortion,” he
said.
“If the [general synod] pushes
us too far theologically against
conscience, we may be forced
later to ‘leave NZ’ and ‘rescind
our passports’.”
The St Paul’s congregation
voted in September on whether
to follow Rev Carley in leaving
the church, with 70 per cent voting
to stay even if they did not
agree with same-sex marriage
blessings.
“I understand that leaving a
church that you have been a part
of for many decades is a terribly
hard thing to do, especially
when you’re elderly,” Rev Carley
said.
The Anglican synod voted
to allow same-sex marriage
blessings in May, which Rev
Carley said was “a step in the
wrong direction.”
WITNESS SOUGHT
Police are appealing for a witness
to come forward following an
attempted abduction in Ilam last
week. At around 5.50am on Friday
September 21, a man tried to abduct
a woman jogger at the entrance to
Ray Blank Park on Maidstone Rd.
The woman fought off the man, and
a member of the public driving past
stopped to help her. The person who
stopped to help then followed the
man to a street nearby. Police went
to the address and located the man.
A 27-year-old was arrested, and has
been charged with abduction and
assault with intent to injure. He has
been remanded in custody and will
appear in court on October 4. Police
are still keen to speak with the
person who stopped to assist in this
incident. Anyone can get in touch
by phoning Christchurch Police on
363 7400.
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Burnside residents will be able
to work out in the sun as the
installation of outdoor gym
equipment is completed. The
gym has been set up at Burnside
Park, and was opened on Sunday.
The equipment included a sit-up
bench, push-up bars, a vertical
ladder, stairs, a cross-trainer and
a chin-up bar. The gym is free to
use.
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