The licensing of an American priest by a Canadian bishop may lead to disciplinary action, according to the acting primate, Archbishop David Crawley.

Archbishop Crawley, metropolitan of the Province of British Columbia and the Yukon, said the Rt. Rev. William Anderson, Bishop of Caledonia, acted improperly when he licensed the Rev. Hume “Skip” Reeves to plant a denominationally unaffiliated Anglican-rite congregation within the geographical confines of the Diocese of Wyoming.

Fr. Reeves retired as rector of St. Mark’s Church, Cheyenne, Wyo., on Dec. 31, and later renounced his orders as a priest of the Episcopal Church. But the Rt. Rev. Bruce Caldwell, Bishop of Wyoming, said Fr. Reeves organized another congregation in Cheyenne affiliated with the Diocese of Caledonia.

The Church of St. Peter the Apostle was begun Jan. 18, Bishop Caldwell said, as he filed a complaint with Archbishop Crawley against Bishop Anderson.