RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, pending final ratification by its 141st Annual Convention, withdraws its consent, pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution of the Episcopal Church, to be included in the Third Province of the Episcopal Church, seeking emergence of a new Tenth Province of the Episcopal Church which is fully Windsor compliant, positioned with that part of the Episcopal Church determined to maintain constituent status in the Anglican Communion.

I'm feeling self-conscious about my name appearing as the sponsor when, in truth, I was not the sole--not even the primary--author; I can only imagine that some exhausted person in a backroom of dispatch needed a name and chose mine as chair of the HOB Committee, from which the resolution at least seemed to emerge.

I find his mood and hope for a "miracle" very ironic, he told VOL.

Indeed he should. The truth is, Candler rolled over to the LesBiGay agenda a long time ago and he has watched, for his sins, the slow disappearance of folk from his cathedral in Atlanta.

Candler recently wrote "The Episcopal Church, like other historical churches, is where people go through graceful changes of life together...We share a history of ups and downs together." Really.

There was nothing done illegally by Bennison, but canons were clearly violated in the way money was taken from different trust funds to pay for the general operating budget, said Bill Wood, President of the Standing Committee. "Procedures were not followed; there was clearly a violation of Canon Law."

"There is no cause for action in civil law, but there are signs that canon law was violated," said Wood.