Cath News report: A retired Australian Anglican bishop is among five local priests who have joined the Catholic Church, reports The Australian.
David Silk, a former Bishop of Ballarat, joined four other bishops who expressed their "dismay" and "distress" at the church's liberal direction and that they believed that modern reforms, including women bishops, were "incompatible" with historic Anglicanism.
Bishop David Robarts, chairman of Anglican traditionalist group Forward in Faith Australia, said disaffected Australian clergy were preparing to form a new Catholic ordinate as soon as Easter.
"It's unlikely there will be a huge number (of lay converts) to begin with, but once the process begins, it is open to continuing indefinitely," he said.
"We just don't know at the moment because people are yet to indicate whether they will come or not.
"It's probably going to be a slower process here." http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=24144
David Silk, a former Bishop of Ballarat, joined four other bishops who expressed their "dismay" and "distress" at the church's liberal direction and that they believed that modern reforms, including women bishops, were "incompatible" with historic Anglicanism.
Bishop David Robarts, chairman of Anglican traditionalist group Forward in Faith Australia, said disaffected Australian clergy were preparing to form a new Catholic ordinate as soon as Easter.
"It's unlikely there will be a huge number (of lay converts) to begin with, but once the process begins, it is open to continuing indefinitely," he said.
"We just don't know at the moment because people are yet to indicate whether they will come or not.
"It's probably going to be a slower process here." http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=24144
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