San Joaquin Bishops Reflect on Depositions

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2009/5/28/san-joaquin-bishops-reflect-on-depositions

[The Living Church] 30 May 2009--The 36 priests and 16 deacons deposed by Bishop Lamb on May 22 and May 26 were not inhibited until October and November 2008, meaning that as of the special reorganizing convention at which Bishop Lamb was elected in March 2008, there was an insufficient number of clergy present to hold a convention. According to report published shortly after the reorganizing convention by Episcopal News Service, there were 21 clergy present. According to canon 3.01 of the Episcopal diocese, “A quorum shall consist of one-third of all the clergy entitled to seats and votes...If a quorum be not present at any convention, no business shall be transacted except that of adjournment from time to time until a quorum shall be present.”

Additionally, the Rev. Canon Bill Gandenberger, canon to the ordinary for the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin, told The Living Church that several of the clergy certified to vote at the special reorganizing convention did not meet the canonical requirement of having been resident in the diocese for at least 90 days prior to the start of that convention.