Disaffected Anglican bishops don't know if they're coming or going

From The London Telegraph-

My colleague, George Pitcher, described Church of England bishops as “flirts” yesterday, but reading recently issued statements from the bishops of Rochester and Chichester, they sound more like confused old dears.

They have objected to reports that they are considering leaving Canterbury for Rome following the Pope’s invitation to disaffected Anglicans – a group of which they are most definitely members.

I’m reluctant to point out how flawed the Bishop of Chichester’s denial is, as John Hind is a black belt in Judo, but he appears to have got himself trapped in a stranglehold of illogicality. It’s worth bearing with me, if only because this highlights why some bishops fail to ever get across their message.

Admitting that it is impossible for the Roman Catholic Church to now reopen the question of how it sees Anglican orders, he continues: “In the light of that I stated that in the event of union with the Roman Catholic I would be willing to receive re-ordination into the Roman Catholic priesthood but that I would not be willing to deny the priesthood I have exercised hitherto.”
So, in the light of an impossibility, he then talks about the possibility of him being re-ordained as a Catholic. Thanks for clearing that up, John. During his address to the Forward in Faith conference, he made clear that much will depend on what traditionalists are offered by the General Synod to protect them from women bishops, also adding that he couldn’t see how the Anglican Communion can exist if “bishops are not in full communion with another”.

Is that a denial, John? Are you ruling out becoming a Roman Catholic? Call a spade a spade like the fantastically frank Bishop of Fulham, John Broadhurst, if you want people to understand what you’re on about. For those wanting to try and work out what he said at the Forward in Faith Conference, you can hear it here, but unless you’re an insomniac I advise you to save half an hour of your life.

More here-

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jonathanwynne-jones/100014835/disaffected-anglican-bishops-dont-know-if-theyre-coming-or-going/