The House of Bishops has issued "A Word to the Church" concerning the Windsor Report. There’s an expression of "sincere regret for the pain, the hurt, and the damage caused to our Anglican bonds of affection by certain actions of our church," but also a comment that "in offering our regrets, do not intend to preempt the canonical authority of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church." The HOB deferred until its March meeting the questions of moratoria on consecrating actively-gay bishops and on the blessing of same-sex relationships.
A minority "Statement of Acceptance of and Submission to the Windsor Report 2004," signed by 21 bishops so far, is posted on Kendall Harmon’s TitusOneNine blog. I regret to report that the bishop of my diocese (Texas) is one of the signatories.
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