Episcopal Anti-Gay Movement Stalls

(New York City) Support for a breakaway movement in the Episcopal Church over the consecration of an openly gay bishop appears to be stalling.

Last month the American Anglican Council said that 13 dioceses across the country had joined a Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes, but today, the moderator of the the network confirmed that only three dioceses have formally joined.

Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan said he was optimistic the other 10 other dioceses whose bishops support the "traditionalist" network would soon join. But, moderates in the Church have their doubts.

Duncan has called an organizational meeting for Jan. 19-20 in Plano, Texas. None of the ten diocese who have not yet signed on to the network have indicated they will attend.

Duncan said the network will unite dioceses and congregations that uphold the Bible and ''the historic faith'' and will ''operate in good faith within the Constitution'' of the Episcopal Church.

While the ten bishops who originally signaled their support for the network, they must get approval from their dioceses to proceed. Centrists in the Episcopal faith, the American branch of Anglicanism, say it is likely many diocese are fearful of a bitter internal feud and reluctant to support a movement that could result in a breakup of the worldwide faith.

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