I think he's being generous

Anglican bishop Paul Richardson gives the Church of England thirty years to live. I think it's done now, and that it's all over but the crying.

To the rank-and-file faithful of the Anglican Communion (all two of you), we welcome you with open arms on this side of the Tiber. In fact it was for you that Pope John Paul established the Anglican Use liturgy.

To the institutional Church of England, good freaking riddance. Your "church" exists only because an English king could not keep his libido in check. So don't let the door slam you on your way out, jerks. Oh, and if you aren't going to be using our churches any more, we would like them back, please. Granted, it will take us some time to fill them with people again -- we have had our own problems with secularism, after all, including the evils of contraception -- but that will just give us time to clean your filthy whitewash from the interiors, exposing the beautiful frescoes beneath, some of the most glorious art in Christendom before you went and covered it up. Bye, jerkwads!

h/t: Mark Shea