Episcopal bishop won't 'abandon' his local sheep

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | November 3, 2007 | Mike Cronin

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Representatives of Pittsburgh's Episcopal Diocese ignored a warning to their bishop from the church's national leader on Friday and took a step toward a possible affiliation with an Anglican church outside the United States. Lay representatives voted 118-58, with one abstention, in favor of a resolution to leave the New York-based Episcopal Church, said Peter Frank, a diocesan spokesman. Representatives of the clergy at their 142nd Diocesan Convention at the Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center in Johnstown voted 109-24 in favor. Another measure must pass the next convention in November 2008 to make the action binding, Frank said. Just before the vote, Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan posted a three-sentence letter on the diocesan Web site that responded to national Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's warning on Wednesday. Jefferts Schori wrote Duncan that he could face "disciplinary action" for supporting the Pittsburgh diocese's decision to leave the national church.

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Will the laypersons and clergy who voted to leave also face disciplinary action too?