Effort to Inhibit Pittsburgh Bishop Unsuccessful

The Diocese of Pittsburgh • 15 January 2008

Document Actions Bishop Duncan offered a brief response, saying, “Few bishops have been more loyal to the doctrine, discipline and worship of The Episcopal Church."

An effort to inhibit the Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, has not been supported by The Episcopal Church’s senior bishops.

The news, along with a copy of the allegations made by the chancellor to the Presiding Bishop against Bishop Duncan and the Title IV Review Committee’s decision to certify that, in their opinion, Bishop Duncan “had abandoned the communion of this church,” came in a letter from The Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori late in the day on January 15.

Bishop Duncan offered a brief response to the news, saying, “Few bishops have been more loyal to the doctrine, discipline and worship of The Episcopal Church. I have not abandoned the Communion of this Church. I will continue to serve and minister as the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh."

Mrs Katharine Schori's letter to Bishop Duncan is here.
The full report of the Title IV review committee is here.