He said that this had been aggravated by pressure groups with entrenched positions who posted instant reactions to events on their websites.

The Archbishop also admitted to failing to live up to people's expectations, a reference to the disappointment many felt that he had not been more radical over his opposition to the war in Iraq.

He surprised some at the three-day Greenbelt festival in Cheltenham, Glos, by declaring that Muslims can go to heaven.

He instead focused on school, sports, socializing and sin.

But at age 20, Bunyan had a "conversion experience."

While searching through a drawer, a needle he had been using to shoot drugs accidentally pricked his finger.

Blood dripped onto an old brown Bible collecting dust. He opened it and read that an innocent Jesus had died for him.

"I fell to my knees and gave my life to Christ," he said.

“We own the premises and we’re carrying on as usual,” said Rev. Ed Hird of the North Vancouver parish of St. Simon’s which has about 200 members (note: actually 360 members, 160 average Sunday attendance).

“We’re not going to leave,” said Rev. Barclay Mayo of the newly renamed Christ the Redeemer Church in Pender Harbour. It has about 120 members.

Over the last two weeks, the three conservative parishes — All Saints in Long Beach, St. James in Newport Beach and St. David's in North Hollywood — declared that they had pulled out of the national Episcopal Church and no longer considered Los Angeles Episcopal Bishop J. Jon Bruno their leader.