"Meanwhile, the conservative Protestants will continue to fight and splinter,"
Not a charitable contribution.
But as a conservative protestant, I'll concede the truth of the statement.
Unfortunately true. I can look around the Atlanta metro area and see what has happened to the various orthodox/conservative Episcopalian parishes. They haven't united at all -- several have become independent non-aligned churches who answer to no bishop, others have placed themselves under different bishops from various parts of the Third World (Chile, Nigeria, Asia). Each parish is going its own separate way -- and if they're talking to the Network, I'm not hearing about it. The AAC isn't doing much here either.
It's a complete splintering rather than uniting to form a "new" Anglican body.
The article is absolutely correct that many of us are crossing the Tiber (or the Bosporus). I get calls from my old parish wanting to visit our new Catholic parish . . . and if the conservative Protestants don't get their act together, that trickle will become a flood.