The Church of England published a report on itself predicting that it will wither away by the year 2030, acknowledging that the church is "prone to scandal and open to ridicule," and that it seems like "an outdated, discredited, dying institution that the country is walking away from without a backward glance." In some parts of England, as few as 0.7 per cent of the population attends services, the report continued, and membership has been in decline since 1904. The good news is that Anglicans don't have enough altar boys to have sex scandals.
November 9, 2002 8:09 AM
