Lawyers are part of the fabric of Episcopal Church life these days. Orthodox priests under siege by revisionist bishops have learned not to talk to their bishop, when summoned, without an attorney in tow. When you are dealing with purple bishops like Bennison or Smith or Bruno, take an attorney with you or face a bishop who may possibly lie under oath.

"A convert comes to learn," Newman wrote, "and not to pick and choose." It is now time for me to withdraw from the lists of controversy, enter into a spiritual posture of learning and docility, and submit my mind, heart, and soul to the teaching of our Lord through the Magisterium of his Church. It is time for me to abandon the private judgment of my Anglicanism and be reformed by the Catholic Faith in all of its fullness.

"Berktold knows he's going to have to address the issue of Robinson, and he knows he has to do it carefully. He has his own opinions, and believes that the emergence of someone like Robinson was inevitable, that his promotion was a natural part of the church's evolution. He's not sure it's a good thing, but he likes the fact that Robinson has moved the discussion on gay rights and gay clergy from the theoretical to the tangible.

Blasting Connecticut Bishop Andrew Smith, Duncan said the infamous suicidal six (orthodox Episcopal priests) have stood and sounded the alarm, "they have struck a note all over the world that this counterfeit religion is being offered."