\u201cI shall present to the House the matter of the certification to me by the Title IV Review Committee that Bishop Robert W Duncan has abandoned the Communion of this Church within the meaning of Canon IV.9,\u201d\u009d she wrote.<\/p>\n
However, the rules of the House of Bishops forbid modifying the agenda of a special session after the meeting has been announced, placing her plans in legal and canonical limbo. Whether the bishops will challenge her request is unclear, however, as her past legal missteps in the cases of Bishops John-David Schofield and Williams Cox provoked protests from bishops and dioceses distressed over what they perceived was her abuse of office, but no action followed.<\/p>\n
On Aug 20 Bishop Schori wrote to the bishops stating \u201cas discussed in our spring meeting and confirmed in our time at Lambeth, we will hold a special meeting of the House of Bishops September 17-19 in Salt Lake City, Utah.\u201d\u009d \u201cThe main purpose of this meeting,\u201d\u009d Bishop Schori wrote, \u201cwill be to reflect and deliberate together following the Lambeth Conference.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
In the schedule appended to the letter, two sessions are labelled \u201cLambeth de-brief\u201d\u009d, two \u201cBusiness meeting\u201d\u009d, and one \u201cTheological Education.\u201d\u009d No mention is made of Bishop Duncan or any disciplinary action in the formal letter calling the special session.<\/p>\n
Following the release of the Presiding Bishop\u2019s letter, a number of bishops contacted her to ascertain whether or not rumours that Bishop Duncan would be brought up on charges before the session were true.<\/p>\n