Anglican Catholic Church Embraces Worldwide "Traditionalist" Body
Episcopal News Service. October 26, 1989 [89210C]
Delegates to the eighth synod of the Anglican Catholic Church, a small denomination formed by dissidents who left the Episcopal Church a decade ago, have voted to join a newly formed "worldwide traditional Anglican Communion." The denomination would establish formal ties through the new organization with like-minded dissidents in Canada, India, Australia, and Guatemala. After the synod action, Anglican Catholic Archbishop Louis W. Falk released a statement saying that the new traditionalist communion will "provide a home for Anglicans of orthodox belief from all over the world who wish to join together in a communion that neither is impaired nor fudges on the essentials of the faith." The Anglican Catholic Church, which broke ranks with the Episcopal Church over its decision to ordain women to the priesthood and to revise the Book of Common Prayer, claims approximately 15,000 communicants in the United States.