The Standing Committee, which is the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese in the absence of a bishop, acknowledges that the relationship between the Diocese and Hahn has been seriously strained by Hahn's actions.

Speaking on behalf of the Committee, the Reverend Peter D. D'Angio, President, said, "As members of Christ's Holy Church we believe in confession, repentance, and forgiveness. We also understand that actions have consequences."

Initially the Anglican Church of Kenya had accepted Canterbury's invitation to attend a special primates' gathering to seek a solution to the divisions over doctrine and discipline dividing the church, but had since reneged saying that the promises made at the meeting to the primates would not, or could not, be kept.

Founded in 1785, the Diocese was one of eight dioceses across the country to help form the Episcopal Church in 1789. It separated from the Episcopal Church in 2012. ACNA is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, whose membership now exceeds 85 million worshipers in more than 165 countries.

ACNA, formed in 2009, unites 112,000 Anglicans in 1,000 congregations and 32 dioceses across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Diocese of South Carolina has 23,000 members.

I am deeply committed to the unity and restoration of our beloved Anglican Communion. It was for this reason that I and brother Primates from GAFCON and other orthodox provinces were willing to accept the Archbishop of Canterbury's invitation to a meeting of Primates in Canterbury earlier this year, despite the representation of Provinces with which the Anglican Church of Kenya is in a state of broken communion.