Progress had already been miserably slow when in 2003 GeneRobinson, who is openlygay, becamean Anglicanbishop in the USand PopeJohnPaulIIsuspendedthecommission'swork.
The leaders of America's Episcopalians have been at odds with most of worldwide Anglicanism since the ordination in 2003 of an openly gay bishop, GeneRobinson.
They were there to take part in a question and answer session offered by New Hampshire's controversial Anglican Bishop-elect, GeneRobinson - a declared homosexual.