"The Episcopal Church (TEC) will probably sue everyone - that is to be expected. Even if TEC can't win consistently on law or on facts, it appears that they will sue anyway, to bankrupt parish churches and perhaps dioceses in legal defense. If a church or diocese can't afford to stay in court, however well they may (or may not) have law or facts on their side, they lose by default," he wrote in the AAC's weekly email message to subscribers.

It would be a triumph of the first order for Mrs. Schori, guaranteeing her a place in the pantheon of world heroes to be worshipped and adored, with Nobel prizes for Peace on Earth and goodwill towards gender free, sexually variable men and women for whom there are no limits to personal exploration, presuming, of course that they are, in some sense, committed.

"It is now in the hands of the Primates," Ilgenfritz told VirtueOnline. "It could be by one of the African jurisdictions that consecrates me, but nothing has been decided."

Its parishioners built the parish; the diocese did not put a penny into its construction. Faithful Episcopalians erected it as a monument to the energy and faith of its people and to the glory of God.

Established by the friars of the Cowley Fathers and staffed for the first 10 years by the good fathers, St. Paul's was one of the oldest and most prestigious catholic parishes in New England. Its most famous rector was Fr. David Matthews an all American golden glove boxer.