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From The New York Times:

Bishop Scruton, of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, said he had interviewed David A. Lewis, a church member in Manchester, Vt., who sent an e-mail message to bishops on Sunday night that accused Bishop-elect Robinson of harassment in November 1999 at a church conference in Holyoke, Mass.

When Bishop Scruton called Mr. Lewis on Monday, Mr. Lewis said he "regretted having used the word `harassment' in his e-mail," Bishop Scruton said. Mr. Lewis described two conversations with Bishop-elect Robinson at the conference, Bishop Scruton said. Mr. Lewis said the bishop-elect had touched him on the arm and upper back during the talks, which were in front of other people.

Mr. Lewis said that the gestures struck him as too familiar and that they "made him feel uncomfortable," said Bishop Scruton. But he acknowledged that other people might view the exchange as normal and natural and told Bishop Scruton two times that he did not want to pursue the matter further, Bishop Scruton said.
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Lou Midura, senior warden at Zion Episcopal and the sole person to speak officially about Mr. Lewis here today, said his friend and fellow parishioner wanted everyone to know one thing, that his message about the bishop-elect was meant to be privately conveyed to the Minneapolis meeting and not debated in the news media.

Right. Keep it private, don't tell anyone, and, oh yeah, don't confirm a bishop for the first time since 1870. Right. Oh, and the porn accusation?

Bishop Scruton also cleared Bishop-elect Robinson of a second accusation, made late Sunday night by his opponents in the House of Bishops. Bishop Scruton said he had found that the bishop-elect had no involvement in a Web site for young gay people that also had links to a Web site that included pornography.

Bishop-elect Robinson helped found that the organization with the site, Concord Outright, meant to help gay and lesbian teenagers. Bishop Scruton said the bishop-elect had no involvement with it since 1998. The organization created its Web site last year.

Oh, and twelve bishops came up after Robinson was confirmed to talk about the schism that had been created and how they'd have to intervene in this "emergency". I see. Is this anything like the schism created when Episcopalians first ordained women in 1976 and a woman bishop was first ratified in 1989?