You left just before the heathen Spong?! Count your blessings! I left the ECUSA after the August '03 fiasco. The rector of my former parish was/is a good man, and understood why I left. I don't know what he'd think of this, but if I was still in the ECUSA, he'd certainly know what I think about it. My former rector didn't try to talk me out of leaving, as I'd been dropping hints to him for at least 2-3 years that if I did end up leaving, it would be because the "bishops" did something or voted on something that would push me out the door, and that was exactly how it happened.