Has the Episcopal Church, USA acted unlawfully by violating its own constitution and canons?
No. The diocese of New Hampshire and ECUSA followed every procedure spelled out in diocesan and national canons and constitution. Canon Robinson was a priest in good standing in his diocese. This charge is based on two points: that the church acted contrary to the “faith and order” of the Anglican Communion, and that it acted in defiance of Anglican Communion directives. In fact, it is the American Anglican Council and the self-anointed “orthodox” primates who are acting unlawfully. They have tried to undo decisions duly prayed over and passed at the ECUSA’s 74th General Convention by appealing to outside bodies, refusing to acknowledge a legal election and consecration of a bishop of the church, demanding that the Anglican primates assume powers never granted them, and insisting that the ECUSA ignore its own constitution while planning for alternative oversight for dissenting parishes.
