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Posted on 10/13/2003 12:47:07 PM PDT by ahadams2
PETERSON BEHAVED INAPPROPRIATELY AT ECUSA MISSION EVENT SAY STUDENTS
SPECIAL REPORT
By David W. Virtue
The head of the Anglican Communion Office, Canon John Peterson behaved inappropriately at a cross cultural mission meeting at General Theological Seminary in NYC, "touching every single male in the room, one by one, putting his hand on their knees, putting a soft hand on the shoulder and even sat in one young man's lap."
Two missionaries who attended the ECUSA mission orientation program witnessed Peterson's behavior at the seminary earlier this year and said Peterson's behavior made them uncomfortable and they thought his behavior inappropriate while making his presentation.
The attendees said most of the participants were college age students. "This made a number of people clearly uncomfortable," they told Virtuosity. "He lisped and pranced around, and then made a big scene about how desperately he needed a Diet Coke to continue on. The students reported that the (The Rev.) Jane Butterfield, who coordinated the event, even thought his behavior terribly upsetting and inappropriate. She was visibly disturbed," they said.
"Canon Peterson had just arrived from Oporto and gave us a 'glowing' report on how smoothly it all went and how united the Primates were," said the source.
Peterson told the story of an African priest who said that every Anglican Holy Water font should be exchanged for a bucket of condoms. Said Peterson, "I've been to Africa several times and I don't think there are too many holy water fonts in Africa."
On the subject of AIDS, Peterson proved more disingenuous than usual. "When one person in the group confronted him, saying that the only proven technique to reduce AIDS was abstinence (Uganda is the only nation in east Africa promoting abstinence and their HIV rate has declined significantly), Peterson explained this away as saying that it was actually because they [the Ugandans] were so far ahead of other countries in passing out condoms. This was later refuted by two presenters Douglas and Sally Craig Huber, two medical professionals from Boston, MA who are experts on the AIDS pandemic in Africa."
Douglas Huber is the HIV/AIDS consultant to CAPA - the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa.
The participants said that another panel member, Ian Douglas, Professor of World Mission at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass said it was "outrageous and not right" for any parish to withhold funds from the National Church.
"He then asked the group, in front of Peterson, to explain what attracted them to Anglicanism, saying to another attendee later that it was to prove a point to John [Peterson] that no one cares about the ACC and his instruments of unity."
A good portion of the panel presentation was devoted to bashing David Virtue, said the participant. "Peterson and Douglas spoke in hushed whispers when talking about Virtue. Participants were told to stay away from websites like Virtuosity and it was made very clear that 815 officials were monitoring the site closely. One of the panel presenters lamented that it was not the 815 official newsletter that was on the desks of African bishops and clergy but that of David Virtue. Afterwards, the library computer lab was packed with future missionaries checking out his website! The panel had just succeeded in opening a whole new world to them."
The presenters made snide jokes about conservatives -- religious and political -- bashing president George W. Bush and Franklin Graham, said the attendee. "If you were conservative, pro-life or biblically orthodox you did not feel welcome here."
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Asshole.
No one who ever lived in Africa would question the faith of the local people.
One is reminded of the scene in Father Elijah where an African martyr was being canonized in Rome...one snotty white socialite loudly mocked: Oh, this is a sham...the faith in Africa is like their rivers, wide but only one inch deep...
Father Elijah, seeing that some African sisters overheard the remark, apologized to them.
The sisters reassured him it was ok, and said that the faith in Africa was indeed like their rivers.."but did you ever see our rivers in the rainy season? Their flood will wear away mountains"
(Having lived in Africa, I can assure you that this is true--both that tiny rivers turn into massive torrents, and that the faith of Africans is deeper and more fervant than most Americans)...
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