Members of the House of Bishops have voted not to meet before the Lambeth Conference in July, the canon to the Presiding Bishop announced April 16.
 
Earlier this month, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori moved forward with preparations for  a vote to depose Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh  at a special House of Bishops’ meeting before the Lambeth Conference. E-mail messages were sent April 8 to all members of the House of Bishops entitled to vote.
 
“After receiving a large number of responses to our poll regarding the need for a May meeting of the House, we can confirm from the results that there will not be a meeting in May,” the Rev. Canon C. K. Robertson wrote to the bishops.
 
“For all who were in attendance at Camp Allen, it may be recalled that there was no clear sense from the House at that time that such a meeting would be necessary,” he continued. “This is the reason the poll was suggested.”
 
A report published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette last month said David Booth Beers, chancellor to the Presiding Bishop, told about two dozen Pittsburgh Episcopalians that Bishop Jefferts Schori was not “seeking approval to proceed; rather, she seeks the mind of the House as to when to proceed” with a vote to remove Bishop Duncan.
 
“We will indeed proceed as planned with the post-Lambeth meeting in September in Salt Lake City,” Canon Robertson wrote. “Further details about the specific location and registration will be made available at the end of May or beginning of June.”
 
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