The Archbishop of Canterbury has threatened to cancel an important once-a-decade conference of Anglican bishops because he fears it will breakdown during debate over gay rights.Dr Rowan Williams spoke to the Anglican Seminary in Toronto, where he made a number of surprising statements.
He accused many international Anglican bishops of misreading the bible on questions of homosexuality.
He said that he may still cancel the 2008 Lambeth conference.
Archbishop Williams said that the conference could become a dysfunctional debate over gay rights, gay marriage and the ordination of gay and lesbian priests.
The more conservative elements of the church, particularly in Africa, are intensely against such liberal moves.
It has pitted them against the US church, which has already ordained a gay Bishop.
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