from here

...Bellows has ruled consistently against the diocese in the year-long trial, and both sides agree that the bulk of property will go with the conservatives unless his rulings are overturned. The diocese has vowed to appeal, arguing that it is unconstitutional for the government to interfere with "the polity and internal affairs" of any church, said the church's attorney, Brad Davenport.

The breakaway congregations, like dozens of others across the country, have voted to temporarily place themselves under more conservative branches of the Anglican Communion, mostly in Africa. After decades of being tiny, separate splinter groups, they have begun working together, have held their first summits with their overseas allies and are seeking recognition as their own U.S. church. They now comprise more than 580 congregations made up of more than 100,000 people, said Peter Frank, a spokesman for the new umbrella group, called Common Cause Partnership.

They say the Episcopal leadership defines Scripture on modern rather than eternal standards, and they take exception to the ordination of female clergy, the full acceptance of gays and lesbians and what they see as reduced importance in the role of Jesus for a believer's redemption. They are not alone in American Protestantism. Like-minded Presbyterians and Methodists are leaving their denominations in what church-state expert Robert Tuttle says is the largest wave of congregation withdrawals in more than 30 years.

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MSM gets it right again.