On Sept. 5, the Rev. David Moyer, 52, rector of Church of the Good Shepherd in the Philadelphia suburb of Rosemont, was deposed — or defrocked — by the Rt. Rev. Charles E. Bennison Jr. for not allowing Bishop Bennison to visit the parish, as is his right under canon law. Meanwhile, Mr. Moyer's assistant, the Rev. Garrin Dickinson, had his license to officiate in the Diocese of Pennsylvania withdrawn, which left the church down two clergymen. However, both men are staying put because a group of bishops, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, committed the unprecedented action of siding with...