British bishop rebukes Sydney Anglican leader's call for gay marriage supporters to leave church

Bishop of Liverpool says he regrets that Archbishop Glenn Davies 'seems to want to exclude people rather than to engage with them'

A senior Church of England bishop has expressed regret at comments by the Archbishop of Sydney that supporters of marriage equality should leave the Anglican church.

Reflecting sharp divisions within the global Anglican communion over LGBT+ issues, the Bishop of Liverpool, Paul Bayes, said: "I regret that the archbishop [of Sydney] seems to want to exclude people rather than to engage with them within the wider Anglican family."