Canon Kearon said that the leaders of the communion recognized that Bishop Robinson was \u201cduly elected and consecrated according to the proper procedures of the Episcopal Church.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
But to invite him, the canon said, \u201cwould be to ignore the very substantial and widespread objections in many parts of the communion to his consecration and his ministry.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
He said there was \u201cno parallel\u201d\u009d between Bishop Robinson and Bishop Minns, a rector who was installed as a bishop in Virginia this month by Archbishop Akinola, a crossing of boundaries that the archbishop of Canterbury criticized.<\/p>\n
Bishop Minns heads a consortium of churches that have left the Episcopal Church, the Convocation of Anglicans in North America. Canon Kearon said the convocation was not a recognized body of the Anglican Communion.<\/p>\n
Bishop Minns said in a statement, \u201cOne thing is clear, a great deal can and will happen before next July.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
At the last Lambeth Conference, in 1998, the bishops passed a resolution \u201crejecting homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture\u201d\u009d and declared their opposition to blessing same-sex unions.<\/p>\n
The archbishop of Canterbury said in his letter to the bishops that he wanted the next conference to focus on prayer and reflection more than setting policy.<\/p>\n