Despite these strong and solemn words, the future of the Anglican Communion still hangs precariously in the balance. Nothing is written in stone. Despite a time line and a paper thin agreement that the Episcopal Church must conform absolutely to the Windsor Report or face ecclesiastical retribution, the Anglican Communion could still come apart at the seams before the next Lambeth conference.

"By 2010 we are talking about 50 million orphans in Sub Saharan Africa as a consequence of war, famine, droughts, and preventable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. We know that there are more than 800 million people living in poverty in the world ... this is not only immoral, it is a sin, it is evil."

A team of theologians headed by the Rt. Rev. John Rodgers produced the document believing that the Anglican Communion has not been made fully aware of the archbishop's views that are at variance with the vast majority of 78-million Anglicans most of whom reside in the Global South and who eschew homosexuality.

The archbishops ripped the actions of The Episcopal Church saying that as a consequence of the decision taken by the TEC "our relationship with The Episcopal Church is either broken or severely impaired," in a news announcement on the Province of the Church of Nigeria web site.

The action of posting this announcement, on a web site, formally broke the protocol of silence surrounding the primates who have been walled off from the media amidst tight security.