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Scots 'to face consequences' over gay marriage

The Daily Telegraph quoted a source as saying the liberal branch of the Anglican Communion will face "consequences" over the move it made in June this year.

Senior Anglican figures from around the world are expecting to join the Archbishop of Canterbury at a summit, however up to six representatives are expected to snub the event.

The Scottish Episcopal Church

Same-sex marriage has become a growing sense of tension with the Anglican Communion, with bitter disagreement between certain liberal branches in the West and traditionalists in Africa.

Anglican leaders may decide to limit the role of the Scottish Episcopal Church within the international Anglican family, in a similar measure taken against The Episcopal Church (TEC) in the United States.

Anglican Communion

They decided not to remove TEC from the Anglican Communion entirely after the branch permitted its clergy to hold gay weddings.

In protest, Archbishop of Uganda the Most Rev Stanley Ntagali announced in January last year he would shun meetings of the Anglican Communion "until godly order has been restored".

A Scottish Episcopal Church spokesperson said it would not comment before the meeting on any possible sanctions.

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