January 16, 2008.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori informed Pittsburgh Bishop
Robert Duncan yesterday that the Title IV Review Committee had
determined that the bishop had abandoned the communion of The Episcopal
Church. The three senior bishops of the church with jurisdiction,
Bishops Frade, Lee, and Wimberly did not all consent to Bishop Duncan’s
being inhibited. Although he can still perform as bishop, the House of
Bishops will vote, at some unspecified future time, on whether he should
be deposed by the Presiding Bishop. Read the ENS story
here.
ENS followed up with a story today, “Pittsburgh’s
Duncan, Progressive Episcopalians react to Review Committee’s
certification.” The story quotes from a brief
statement on the diocese’s Web site, according to which Bishop
Duncan has responded, “Few bishops have been more loyal to the doctrine,
discipline and worship of The Episcopal Church. I have not abandoned the
Communion of this Church. I will continue to serve and minister as the
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.” The story also quotes
extensively from the PEP
press release.
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