The ACNA\u2019s \u201cinstitutional relationship\u201d\u009d was \u201cunclear\u201d\u009d at this point, he said. He added that he hoped further dialogue would address this issue. However, he declined to answer a question about his \u201cpersonal thoughts on the defrocking\u201d\u009d of Canadian theologian J.I. Packer and Pittsburgh Bishop and ACNA leader Robert Duncan.<\/p>\n
Pressed on what he would do about infractions of past agreed statements, Archbishop Williams said his authority was limited by canon law to the Church of England. \u201cIt remains true\u201d\u009d the Anglican Communion has no organ \u201cfor discipline,\u201d\u009d and this could only be remedied by a \u201cCommunion executive\u201d\u009d or a \u201ccommon canon law.\u201d\u009d Until such structural mechanisms were in place, Archbishop Williams said there was little he could do.<\/p>\n
The primates\u2019 communiqu\u00c3\u00a9 reiterated the call for a moratorium on cross-border violations of provincial sovereignty, rites for the blessing of same-gender unions, and the consecration to the episcopate of non-celibate gay clergy, and reaffirmed the 1998 Lambeth Resolution 1.10 as the standard statement on human sexuality for the Anglican Communion.<\/p>\n