Va. bishop to help resolve Episcopal conflict
BY ALBERTA LINDSEY
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Aug 19, 2006

Virginia's Episcopal bishop is one of two U.S. bishops asked by the archbishop of Canterbury to convene a group to discuss difficult issues facing the denomination. Among them is the role of gays and lesbians in the church.

The Rt. Rev. Peter James Lee and the Rt. Rev. John Lipscomb, bishop of the Diocese of Southwest Florida, will bring the group of bishops together in New York next month, according to the Episcopal News Service.

The Most Rev. Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, invited four others to be part of the group. They are outgoing Episcopal Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold and Presiding Bishop-elect Katharine Jefferts Schori, who takes office in November. Others are the Rt. Rev. Jack Iker, bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth, one of three dioceses that does not recognize the ordination of women, and the Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan, bishop of Pittsburgh, who heads the Anglican Communion Network, an association of 10 conservative dioceses considering splitting from the denomination. the rest