The Report on TEC’s Response to The Windsor Report

Here is the sub-committee’s report on their evaluation of TEC’s response to The Windsor Report during the 75th General Convention in Columbus, Ohio this past summer.
Major points:
On the expression of regret:

“The group was unsure how these words should be understood. On the one hand, there does not seem to be any admission of the fact that the action of consenting to the particular election at the centre of this dispute was in itself blameworthy. On the other, there is the use of the strong language of “apology” and the request for “forgiveness”. These words are not lightly offered, and should not be lightly received. Taken with the apparent promise not to repeat the offence (Resolution B033 discussed above) we believe that the expression of regret is sufficient to meet the request of the primates.”

On the Election of Bishops living in situations contrary to Lambeth 1.10:

“The group believes therefore that General Convention has complied in this resolution with the request of the Primates.”

On Public Rites of Same-sex Blessings:

“It is therefore not at all clear whether, in fact, the Episcopal Church is living with the recommendations of the Windsor Report on this matter. The Primates in their statement of March 2003 did admit that there could be “a breadth of private response to individual pastoral care”, but it is clear that the authorisation by any one bishop, diocese or Province, of any public Rite of Blessing, or permission to develop or use such a rite, would go against the standard of teaching to which the Communion as a whole has indicated that it is bound. We do not see how bishops who continue to act in a way which diverges from the common life of the Communion can be fully incorporated into its ongoing life. This is therefore a question which needs to be addressed urgently by the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church.”

From what I’ve been reading over the last several months, I don’t think many “reasserters” will be happy with this document. We will have to wait and see what they say.
A note of caution:

“The Group feels that the reality of the change of direction that some see in the resolutions of the General Convention can only be tested however by the way in which the Episcopal Church lives out these resolutions. “

This is very true! What, in fact, will we do?
This is a killer for so many:

“It is also clear that it is not only those who have expressed their strong disassociation from the decisions of the 74th General Convention in 2003 who have a commitment to the life of the Communion.”

So many have been saying so strongly that the leadership of TEC has already removed itself from the A.C. and that the 75th General Convention spoke loudly that this Church no longer wishes to remain in the communion. The sub-committee recognizes that this is simply not the case.
In the Afterward, is this referencing those provinces and those primates who are trespassing on provincial and diocesan boundaries as they’ve attempted to set up their own jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada?

“We recognise that the Windsor Report was addressed to the whole of the Anglican Communion. This report has been concerned with the response by the Episcopal Church to that Report. We understand that the Anglican Church of Canada is in the process of preparing its response. We have to express our concern that other recommendations of the Windsor Report, addressed to other parts of the Communion, appear to have been ignored so far.”