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October 11, 2011

AP: Worldwide Anglican church head: Zimbabwe followers assaulted, bishops receiving death threats

by Gillian Gotora
The Associated Press

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Anglican bishops are receiving death threats and one worshipper who refused to follow an excommunicated leader was killed, according to a document viewed by The Associated Press on Tuesday that the worldwide head of the Anglican church gave to the country's longtime ruler.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, handed over a report to President Robert Mugabe this week detailing incidents of intimidation. The church here has been divided since 2007, when a pro-Mugabe bishop was excommunicated for inciting violence in his sermons.

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