[Magdalen] In South Carolina, it ain't over yet

[Roger Stokes]

On 25/11/2017 18:46, ME Michaud wrote:
> We remember:
> wasn’t Mark Lawrence’s election affirmed by the HOB?
> We can’t look away, we can’t walk away,
> we all share responsibility for this situation.

The consents came at the second attempt. The first time Lawrence was 
elected there were insufficient consents from Bishops with jurisdiction 
and from Standing Committees within the prescribed time-limit. As a 
result that election lapsed as being unconfirmed. There then followed a 
second "election" with the powers that be in the then diocese having 
such a curtailed period for nominations that it was not possible for 
those who opposed Lawrence to put forward a rival candidate so he was 
elected unopposed. Faced with that determination by the diocese, and I 
believe Lawrence was saying at the time that he would not take the 
diocese out of TEC, the requisite consents were given as there seemed to 
be no alternative.

Roger