"Your appropriate place within our communion"

Does Bishop Lee think that The Episcopal Church will no longer recognize the orders of clergy from around the Anglican Communion and the only province that is "valid" is The Episcopal Church? If the Episcopal Church is now setting up their own brand new "Communion" - and that is what this letter implies - well, that's breaking news.

Very interesting post from BabyBlueOnline on a letter written by Bishop Peter Lee of the Diocese of Virginia. And an additional comment from her in the Comments section of the post:

What the 815 lawyers are trying to do is illustrate that the Episcopal Church is its own communion and not part of a larger communion. . .

[all boldface mine]

Read it all.