Mainstream Anglicans take back Zimbabwe cathedral

By Angus Shaw

Published December 16, 2012 4:09pm ET

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Mainstream Anglicans take back Zimbabwe cathedral — Members of the Anglican Church under the Bishop of Harare, sing and dance in Africa Unity Square during a church service and cleansing ceremony of the church in Harare, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, following a court ruling which he won against his rival, excommunicated Bishop Nolbert Kunonga, who forcibly took over church buildings, orphanages, mission schools and hospitals resulting in the court challenge. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) | Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Mainstream Anglican Christians in Zimbabwe took back their cathedral on Sunday after a lockout of more than five years staged by an excommunicated, breakaway bishop who claimed loyalty to the president’s party and used loyalist police to keep people out.

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