It was a bitter blow to the revisionist bishop when a coalition of clergy and lay delegates to the diocese sent a clear message that Bennison's leadership had failed, trust had been lost, Diocesan finances were a mess, Camp Wapiti, viewed by many as a financial albatross around the diocese' neck, unrestrained spending yielding few results, and mounting legal fees over unresolved litigation.

His article begins by saying that both men seem to have accepted the fact that the Anglican Communion is going to split and that there isn't a whole lot either of them can do about it.

But then he goes on to say that "the problem we Anglicans are facing is being caused by the bishops - our own as well as those elsewhere."

"Stan thought it was a very bizarre gay date, but we were both interested in theology," said Finley, 35 and a candidate for ordination in the Episcopal Church. "When the monk came by with the holy water I saw Stan take what I assumed was a deep and profoundly pious bow. Later I realized it was because he was wearing a suede waistcoat which he didn't want to get stained," he told the Times.

ESSENTIALS sees itself as the theological and spiritual rallying point for historic Christian orthodoxy in the Anglican Church of Canada and calls on the Canadian church to embrace and live by its orthodox Christian heritage.