And, with the Roman Catholic Church soon allowing the divorced, oops, I mean those with newly annulled marriages, to remarry and receive Communion, much of the recruited membership of recent years will disappear.
Only God knows what the Episcopal Church will do to be more “liberal” than the RC Church now. I don’t see them going to Satanic rites immediately. Maybe some intermediate form of Gaia worship?
When I attended Explorer’s/Confirmation classes with my husband, who was converting, back in the mid 80s, the other class members were predominately Roman Catholics. Most of those were becoming Episcopalian as a compromise choice with Protestant spouses.
Katherine Jefferts Schiori, who will soon be stepping down, is a former Roman Catholic from baptism. Her replacement Michael Curry, is a former Baptist if I remember correctly.