In January it was revealed up to 300 Essex Anglicans and seven vicars could join the Ordinariate set up by Pope Benedict XVI for disaffected clergy.
Father Richard Tillbrook of St Barnabus Church in Colchester said he had thought long and hard about the offer.
“I have made my decision to stay because I love the Church of England,” he said.
“I pray the new synod may well understand more fully the need to have provision within the Church of England for our sacramental surety and what it’s all about.”
Now that he has deciced to stay, I hope that Tillbrook+ will add his voice to those within CofE attempting to stop the encroachment of liberalism.