He also said that Australia is likely to have women bishops in less than two years, remarking that theological objections to the innovation "don't amount to much."

It was bad enough that Archbishop Williams chose a liberal not known for sensitivity to orthodox believers to head the Panel of Reference, or that the Panel so strongly urged by the primates has yet to make any impact in facilitating alternate episcopal oversight for faithful Anglicans in hostile situations.

The bishop told the story to VirtueOnline but asked that his name not be mentioned in the article. VirtueOnline confirmed that he held the position that he states he did. The bishop said he was finally glad to tell someone the truth about Griswold, as he had watched with dismay the decline of The Episcopal Church under his tenure.

"What finally took the day was that if Jesus himself came down and said that everything Charles Bennison did was outstanding, I would have still voted for him to step aside because of the trust issue--I think it's become paralyzing (to the diocese)," Wood said in an interview shortly after the vote.

What Duncan is talking about are congregations that have left and are no longer under ECUSA and are now all currently and temporarily under foreign jurisdictions such as Uganda, Kenya, Central Africa and Southern Cone. These parishes want to stay on the same page over here and the Network is the vehicle to do it. This is part of the Network's mission to keep the ties between all orthodox Anglicans in this country, regardless of their jurisdictional arrangements.