Episcopal head warns Pittsburgh bishop over looming church split
By JOE MANDAK
Associated Press Writer
11/1/2007

PITTSBURGH — The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church warned Pittsburgh's bishop that he could face church discipline if he continues to support efforts by the Pittsburgh diocese to split from the national church.

Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan is among the leaders of a conservative U.S. movement that believes the Episcopal church is abandoning the primary authority of Scripture and doctrines regarding the divinity of Jesus Christ.

The rift between conservatives and the Episcopal Church, the Anglican body in the U.S., has widened since the denomination consecrated openly gay New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson in 2003. the rest