From the Peoria Journal-Star:
The dioceses of Quincy, San Joaquin, Pittsburgh and Fort Worth were singled out, said the Rev. Jan Nunley, deputy director of the denomination’s communications office, “because they (the dioceses) had passed amendments that had basically said if there was disagreement between the diocese and The Episcopal Church, that they no longer acceded to our constitution and canons.”
“What (the resolution) simply said is those amendments to those constitutions . . . are null and void,” Nunley said.
She said the changes referred to had been made within the past three years.
However, Bishop Keith Ackerman as well as retired Quincy Bishops Edward MacBurney and Donald Parsons and diocesan chancellor Tad Brenner said the diocese hasn’t changed its constitution since at least 1993. The constitution states that the diocese “accedes” to the national constitution “contingent upon the continuing consent of the diocesan synod.”
Ackerman said the council’s actions have no real teeth anyway.
Update: Episcope has more on this here.
“Ackerman said the council’s actions have no real teeth anyway.”
But they do have claws.
The PB does have the ability to declare a diocesan see vacant, but that is not an issue here: the intransigence of the diocesan Standing Committee as the agent of the diocesan Convention is the issue. I’m not sure if there is a canon that allows for ecusa to depose a diocesan Standing Committee en toto, and in the process negate the actions its authorizing Convention.