In a statement given to The Living Church, Bishop Jack Leo Iker of Fort Worth said he was \u201cdisheartened\u201d\u009d that to date he has been \u201cunable to secure a future, safe place for this diocese within The Episcopal Church,\u201d\u009d and \u201csaddened by the fact that the HOB has been unwilling to make adequate provision for us in response to our appeal for alternative primatial oversight.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Bishop Iker described the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church as a \u201ctoxic environment,\u201d\u009d and said he will not be attending the meeting at Camp Allen March 7-16.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn recent years I have increasingly dreaded the thought of attending another meeting of the House of Bishops of TEC,\u201d\u009d he said. \u201cFor me, the small-group table discussions are places of hostile confrontation, not support and affirmation.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n