Episcopal Bishop Threatens Episcopal Bishop

In a letter to Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan on the eve of his diocesan convention, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church has warned that she will take "disciplinary action" if he persists, and the convention approves, a resolution that would permit the diocese to leave the American church and come under the aegis of a foreign, and more conservative, Anglican province.

The letter from Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was sent late Wednesday.
"If your course does not change," the letter read, "I shall regrettably be compelled to see that appropriate canonical steps are promptly taken to consider whether you have abandoned the Communion of this Church...and whether you have committed canonical offenses that warrant disciplinary action."

The 142nd diocesan convention, which will meet in Johnstown, Cambria County, tomorrow and Saturday, is considering approving a resolution that would eventually allow it to leave the Episcopal Church, the American arm of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

I've spent some time with Bishop Robert Duncan. It applaud him for taking a stand.

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