The Living Church-
The Diocese of South Carolina’s 220th convention has revised six articles [PDF] of its constitution, distancing itself from canon-law revisions approved by General Convention in 2009.
The revisions met the required two-thirds majority for a second consecutive meeting of the diocesan convention, and the diocese’s constitution is now revised.
South Carolina was the first diocese to challenge major revisions to Title IV of the Episcopal Church’s Constitution and Canons, which regards ecclesiastical discipline.
In addition to South Carolina, the bishops and dioceses of Central Florida, Dallas and Western Louisiana have registered their concerns about how the Title IV revisions affect relationships between the presiding bishop and other bishops, and between bishops and the clergy of their diocese. Central Florida has memorialized General Convention to reconsider the revisions to Title IV.
Three men involved in preparing the Title IV revisions — Duncan A. Bayne, vice chancellor, Diocese of Olympia; Joseph L. Delafield III, chancellor, Diocese of Maine; and Stephen F. Hutchinson, chancellor, Diocese of Utah — have launched a website defending its constitutionality. The website features “procedural flowcharts” and a nine-page response to criticisms raised by the dioceses and by the Anglican Communion Institute.
More here-
http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2011/2/23/sc-diocese-revises-its-constitution
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