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.

The dominant attitude was one of "gratitude" for the "substantially positive response of The Episcopal Church, to the Windsor Report," said Australian Archbishop Phillip Aspinall at a press briefing, and the Primates spent time discerning the best way the Windsor Report might be fully implemented throughout the communion, leading one commentator to observe that we are back in Frank Griswold's "circle dance" where togetherness is the bottom line.

The Rev. Canon Gregory Cameron, Deputy Secretary General of the ACC, seemed to emphasize the importance of these actions for the opening portions of the Primates' Meeting today in Dar es Salaam. Indeed, following his detailed review of the background of these actions, along with the scant mention of any additional business before the Primates this week, it would appear that the Primates' Meeting was "about" the North American scene once again.

Canon Gregory Cameron, Deputy Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council said the agenda would be devoted to following through with the implications of the Windsor Report, pointing up the actions of New Westminster and the TEC's confirmation of the election of Bishop Gene Robinson, and these would highlight the meeting here.