BREAKING: From Ruth Gledhill: Schori elected to Primates Standing Committee

Ruth Gledhill: Schori triumphs in Dar as new Anglican queen

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From here:

So far from being excluded from the primates' Meeting in Dar es Salaam, I can break the news that TEC Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has been elected onto the all-important policy-making Standing Committee. There will be much speculation about how this came about. It is obviously interesting to note that the administration of the Anglican Communion Office depends on funds from TEC. Balancing the books without TEC would not be possible. But a source close to what's happening in Dar es tells me that things will be "very rough" this afternoon. I am just wondering whether the TEC report, the election of Bishop Schori onto the standing committee and the apparent acquiesence of so many of the Global South primates in what has been going on might not indicate quite a tough, orthodox doctrinal line in the Anglican Covenant. I'll post the rest of the SC names in just a sec, when I've had a cup of tea, which I'll raise in a quiet toast at my desk to Bishop Schori.

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Update from Jim Naughton:

I caution against reading too much into this. Members are elected to the Standing Committee by region, so Bishop Jefferts Schori was elected by her colleagues from the Americas. That said ... cool.