http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3179
[VirtueOnline] October 31, 2005-- wish to address the letter that I have received from you today canceling the Via Media booth at the forthcoming diocesan convention. In your letter you accuse Via Media of attempting to remove the legitimate authorities in this diocese following General Convention. This statement is wrong. There is no coup planned. You have been gravely misinformed, possibly by David Virtue or some other Network sources that have shamelessly twisted the facts surrounding the leaked draft minutes of the Via Media USA steering committee. I must inform you of the true facts concerning that meeting. Via Media has no intention of overthrowing the canonically chosen authorities in this or any other diocese. In this current environment of serious threats by the Network to leave the Episcopal Church, the Steering Committee of Via Media USA discussed proposed actions in the context of formulating a recovery plan should dissident bishops and clergy decide to leave the Episcopal Church after General Convention 2006. An actual reading of the leaked draft minutes show that they are exclusively concerned with how to handle the eventuality of this occurrence. The discussions were aimed on how to maintain the continuity of the Episcopal Church in those dioceses where the bishop and diocesan leadership abandon the Church. It is a plan of recovery rather than a coup.
A plan of recovery?! More revisionist doublespeak!!
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