Episcopal Leaders Investigate Conflict After Diocesan Split

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[The Christian Post] 11 Mar 2008--A conservative Episcopalian who has been asked to help reconcile the Diocese of San Joaquin says the conflict that has split the diocese is more complex than a conservative versus liberal one.

"It is a conflict about those who want to stay in The Episcopal Church and those who feel they can no longer do that," said the Rev. Canon Brian Cox to VirtueOnline, an online news site that describes itself as the voice for global orthodox Anglicanism.

"There has been a long history of an autocratic governing style that has pitted people against each other and left a legacy of broken relationships throughout the diocese. The estrangement between theological conservatives and the Remain Episcopal Movement is a potent example of the fruits of such an environment."

Cox was asked by the Episcopal head, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, to step in as a "pastoral presence" in the Diocese of San Joaquin and to offer his reconciling services to the diocese, according to VirtueOnline.