Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold said recently he was not acting in bad faith with his international Anglican colleagues, but rather was compelled by the strictures of his office to participate in the consecration of a sexually active homosexual person as Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire on Nov. 2.

The consecration has provoked strong criticism from a number of other primates, including the Most Rev. Bernard Malango, Archbishop of Central Africa.

In a Nov. 12 letter Archbishop Malango called on Bishop Griswold to resign, accusing the Presiding Bishop of consistently parsing his words to conceal the full extent of his involvement in the New Hampshire election, confirmation and consecration. “

Writing on Dec. 12, Bishop Griswold thanked Archbishop Malango “for the very clear expression of your feelings” but noted his “role as Presiding Bishop is to uphold the decisions made formally and officially by the Episcopal Church.