Second - since ECUSA is a "top down" organization, there is no provision for removing a bish other than an ecclesiastical trial. And THAT has been a paper tiger ever since "bishop" Spong was NOT removed for what amounted to atheism.
If the orthodox made a strategic error, it was to allow the revisionist/heretics to get control of the administration of the church. But I'm not sure they could have done anything about it.
Thanks muchly for the info...re "removing" a bishop..would there be any procedure or precedent for the majority of parishes to issue the equivalent of a religious "vote of no confidence" in the bishop? IOW, shame him into leaving?