Madam, - May I register my strong assent to your Editorial, "Anglicanism divided" (February 22nd)? I think you are quite right to warn of deep divisions in the global Anglican Communion that are "threatening to lead to open schism"; the word is most apt.
It is regrettably true also that these divisions and arguments "are damaging the church's mission and undermining the Gospel".
I concur most of all, though, when you point out that the constitution of the Anglican Church in Ireland "commits that church . . . to promoting 'quiet-ness, peace, and love among all Christian people'."
Might I, however, make one observation? You write that: "Many must question the priorities of bishops who can meet in one of the world's poorest countries but spend most of their time debating sexuality rather than poverty and injustice." The sad truth is that sexuality is a key determinant of a society's total moral fibre. If sexuality descends, then so does our behaviour in all other areas of morality, including, and perhaps especially, in the sphere of social conscience, the fight against injustice, and concern for the poor, whether in Ireland or Tanzania.
The more that modern sexuality - in every form, not just homosexuality - goes awry, the less the deprived of the world will matter. The way we love with our bodies is the way we love with our hearts, with our time and energies - and, not to put too fine a point on it, with our wallets. - Yours, etc,
MARK HUTCHESON, Glenview, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin.