A Solihull vicar has voiced his full support for the Archbishop of Canterbury, who confronted the views of the rebel Anglicans striving to split away from the church. On Tuesday, Archbishop Rowan Williams challenged the creation of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (Foca), a global network representing around 35 million Anglicans opposing homosexual priests and marriages. Foca formed at the end of the Global Anglican Future Conference (Gafcon), for leading evangelical Anglicans in Jerusalem. As well as their stance on gay clergy, they plan to diminish the role of the church's spiritual head, the Archbishop of Canterbury. But Dr Williams warned leaders of the conservative coalition that demolishing existing structures was not the answer to their concerns. He accused the faction of lacking legitimacy, authority and integrity. Added to the on-going division over women priests, many now fear the church could be in crisis. Father Patrick Taylor of St Alphege Church in Solihull Town Centre denied this was the case and stood by the Archbishop. He said: "I fully support the Archbishop's statement and feel he is exercising the leadership we need. "The Anglican Church is like a family and even though there may be disagreements, just like in our immediate families, we need to keep talking and work a way around the problem." Mr Taylor said he agreed with 95 per cent of what Foca stand for but questioned the legitimacy of them trying to create a separate communion. "I don't think it's right for them to claim that churches in the west are following a false gospel and that they have a truer version of the bible. "I think they'd have to be careful about making such a claim as under-standing the bible is all down to interpretation." According to Mr Taylor, arguing over whether gay priests should be allowed in the church was irrelevant to the church's purpose. "I'd be happy to work with somebody who is gay as that is the church's official stance. "If it's not in the creed (statement recited in church reaffirming beliefs) then it's not worth arguing over." ly and even though there may be disagreements, just like in our immediate families, we need to keep talking and work a way around the problem." Mr Taylor said he agreed with 95 per cent of what Foca stand for but questioned the legitimacy of them trying to create a separate communion. "I don't think it's right for them to claim that churches in the west are following a false gospel and that they have a truer version of the bible. "I think they'd have to be careful about making such a claim as under-standing the bible is all down to interpretation." According to Mr Taylor, arguing over whether gay priests should be allowed in the church was irrelevant to the church's purpose. "I'd be happy to work with somebody who is gay as that is the church's official stance. According to Mr Taylor, arguing over whether gay priests should be allowed in the church was irrelevant to the church's purpose. "I'd be happy to work with somebody who is gay as that is the church's official stance. "If it's not in the creed (statement recited in church reaffirming beliefs) then it's not worth arguing over." ..SUPL: | 
