Bishop Bruno inhibited the clergy on the grounds that they had broken their ordination vows of obedience to their bishop and abandoned the doctrine and discipline of the Episcopal Church. Canon law requires that clergy who have been inhibited must be deposed after six months unless they repent and make restitution within that time. In this case, none of the inhibited clergy responded to attempts by Bishop Bruno’s office to contact them in hopes of reconciliation.

Archbishop Hutchison is expected to bring back this request to "voluntarily withdraw" the Canadian church from the Council.

Archdeacon Paul Feheley, principal secretary to the primate, said that the matter would be raised before the Council of General Synod (CoGS), the governing body that guides the church in the three-year period between General Synods.

My reasons for non-attendance are as follows.

1. There have been some very wild press reports some containing implied threats of legal action against me. This may or may not be true, however my legal training leads me to be wary, and so I am only prepared at present to commit my opinions to writing and not to be lead into any situation which would compromise me later.

Brodeur had no information on when the actions might be formally initiated.

But whenever they come it will be "no surprise," said Bishop David Moyer, rector of Good Shepherd. Both he and the Rev. Eddie Rix, interim rector of All Saints', said they assumed that the Standing Committee had given Bennison permission to initiate legal action some time ago. The two clerics reported that the bishop had contacted their respective parish wardens to request meetings.