On the second day of the gathering, I moved a resolution that asked the Episcopal Church USA and the Anglican Church of Canada to voluntarily withdraw from the meeting and other Anglican Communion activities until they repented of their decisions that have torn the fabric of the Anglican Communion at its deepest level. They would not agree to this request nor did it appear that the Archbishop of Canterbury and his facilitators would ensure that this matter be substantively addressed in a timely manner.
Sadly, after two long days of discussions, I was concerned that the process set up for this meeting would not permit us to address the unfinished business from the 2007 Primates Meeting in Dar es Salaam.
In accordance with the resolution of our Provincial Assembly, it was, therefore, necessary for me to withdraw from the meeting, which I did at the end of the second day. It seemed that I was being manipulated into participating in a long meeting with the Episcopal Church USA and the Anglican Church of Canada without the necessary discipline being upheld. My conscience is at peace.
If Archbishop Stanley Ntagali left, then for what reason did GAFCON stay?
I assume you mean the rest of Gafcon (since his province is a member of it)?
Remember that each Primate doesn’t have freedom to act as they choose. They are beholden to their own provincial Synods at home, and ++Ntagli had already stretched the freedom given by his own Synod, simply by turning up.
Further, I understand from the reports that the rest of Gafcon were on the cusp of leaving too, but it became apparent that a number of provinces that had voted against the initial attempt to discipline TEC were prepared to give ground.