Anglican Communion News Service

The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion has responded to an article in today's The Telegraph newspaper that inaccurately stated: "The Anglican Church is drawing up plans... that would see the introduction of a 'presidential' figure to take over some of the global role of the Archbishop of Canterbury."

"The opening paragraph of this article is mischievous," said Canon Kenneth Kearon. "There are no such plans. The Archbishop of Canterbury simply said in the interview that he could see that in the future there might be some reflection on how the administrative load associated with the Anglican Communion might be better shared.

"The Anglican Communion has several decision-making bodies, one of which is meeting in a few months' time. Nothing like what this newspaper has suggested is on the agenda."