 When the Kikuyu controversy erupted in 1913 Henson once again found himself at odds with Gore.The question was whether two colonial bishops had committed heresy by taking part in an ecumenical service.Gore and his ally Bishop Weston of Zanzibar led the charge, and appear in Henson's journal as "devoted, unselfish, indefatigable, eminently gifted, but ... also fanatical in temper, bigoted in their beliefs, and reckless in their methods."