The Rt. Rev. Charles Wallis Ohl, Jr., has no intention of leaving the Episcopal Church, much less trying to take the Diocese of Northwest Texas out of it.

In a letter to diocesan clergy dated April 25, Bishop Ohl apologized for any misunderstandings that may have arisen after THE LIVING CHURCH revealed that on April 6 he and 17 other diocesan bishops expressed their desire to “walk with our brothers and sisters as faithful members of the Anglican Communion,” and asked to meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury in a letter. In another letter sent the same day, the bishops asked Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold to appoint a bipartisan commission to determine “our ability to walk together with one another and in a wider Communion.”

In his letter of clarification to the clergy, Bishop Ohl said he had neither “equivocated on earlier positions [nor] dissembled in communication regarding my position vis a vis the Episcopal Church… I am not interested in joining the Anglican Communion Network, the American Anglican Council, or any other group that springs up in the future.”

Since TLC published the letters on its website on April 21, several changes have occurred, according to Bishop Ohl, who reported that “others have asked to sign on as well.”

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