50 Orthodox Bishops to meet in Pittsburgh: Pressure to recognise parallel Anglican province in USA
Tuesday September 25th 2007

CONSERVATIVES ALIENATED FROM EPISCOPAL CHURCH SEEK UNITY
PITTSBURGH (AP) Conservatives alienated by the Episcopal Church’s liberal theology are meeting in Pittsburgh today through Friday to seek unity as American Anglicans.

Conservative Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh left early from the Episcopal House of Bishops meeting, which wraps up today in New Orleans, saying the denomination’s departure from traditional teachings on homosexuality and the Bible left him “heartbroken.” Attending the Pittsburgh meeting are more than 50 bishops many of them former Episcopalians whose congregations are now aligned with conservative Anglican churches overseas.

Duncan says that while Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has been unwilling to recognize an American Anglican province other than the Episcopal Church, there’s growing pressure to do so from churches representing the majority of Anglicans worldwide. link