In a Gazette exclusive, The Right Reverend David McClay, Bishop of Down and Dromore, responded to questions posed by the Editor of the Gazette regarding the Bishop’s own stance on the GAFCON communiqué, given his status as a GAFCON Ireland trustee. The Bishop confirmed his approval of the rejection of the authority of the See of Canterbury, saying: ‘There was nothing substantially new in the communiqué that GAFCON has not said on many occasions in recent years. GAFCON is not leaving the Anglican Communion, GAFCON is the Anglican Communion and those aligned in any way to GAFCON have not departed from historic Anglicanism as others have in recent decades. ‘This is a time for all to prayerfully reflect on our calling to biblical truth. This for me is something that I believe I promised when ordained a deacon, when ordained a priest, and when ordained a bishop and is, therefore, something deeply precious, often challenging,...