Saint John in Lutheran: Lay-Bishop Presides Eucharist
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Thirty Anglican preachers helped lead the service. Baker belongs to a "conservative" branch of the Anglicans who oppose the ordination of women, Anglican ordinations being null and void anyway. The Anglican and Novus Ordo services look much the same.
Francis received Baker and his colleague, lay bishop Glyn Webster, after Wednesday's general audience. The group was also hosted for dinner with Cardinal Müller.
Baker's appointment as lay bishop of Ebbsfleet in 2011 sparked controversy among Anglicans, despite the fact that he is an active and senior Freemason and "Worshipful Master" of Apollo University Lodge.
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