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The Eames report now enters a new stage. It will be reviewed by the top bishops, or primates, of Anglican churches in Africa next week, and then by a special meeting of Anglican primates in February. The House of Bishops in the Episcopal Church will discuss it in January, and then the Anglican Consultative Council will have its look next June.

American conservatives say they can't hold their breath indefinitely while the report is parsed, dissected and scrutinized. The Rev. John A.M. Guernsey of Woodbridge, Virginia, who helps supervise conservative parishes in the Mid-Atlantic states for Duncan's network, says people are growing impatient.

"People know in their heads that everything isn't going to be settled on Monday afternoon, but there's an understandable impatience to resolve the painful period of uncertainty we've been experiencing," he said.

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Our earlier coverage of the Windsor report includes:

Report Rebukes Episcopalians for Disunity but Declines Sanctions | U.S. church in limbo as conservative dissidents mull their options. (Oct. 18, 2004)

Weblog: Anglican Report Treats Conservatives Harsher than Liberals | News, predictions that commission would sanction Episcopal Church were greatly exaggerated. (Oct. 18, 2004)

Anglican Primates Respond to the Windsor Report | What church leaders from around the world are saying about the Eames Commission and the future of Anglicanism. (Oct. 18, 2004)

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