A News Release from the Communications Office of the Diocese of Virginia

An Open Letter Response to Archbishop Orombi

January 6, 2006

Contact: Patrick Getlein
800-DIOCESE x30
pgetlein@thediocese.net

On Thursday, January 5, the Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee, Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia, received an open letter from the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, The Most Rev. Henry Luke Orombi . The letter was sent by e-mail and has been distributed and posted widely on the internet and received a good deal of immediate comment from throughout the Episcopal Church and other provinces of the Anglican Communion.

Read Bishop Lee’s response and Archbishop Orombi’s open letter

Read Archbishop Orombi’s open letter to Bishop Lee.