The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That Canon III.12.3(a)(2) is hereby amended to read as follows:

(2) If no visitation has occurred in a congregation for three years, the Bishop Diocesan or the Member of the Clergy in charge and Vestry or comparable body may apply to the Presiding Bishop to appoint five Bishops Diocesan who live nearest to the Diocese in which such Congregation is situated as a Council of Conciliation. The Council shall determine all matters of difference between the parties, and each party shall conform to the decision of the Council.; Pprovided, that, in case of any subsequent trialdisciplinary proceedings of either party for failure to conform to the decision, any right of the Accused Respondent under the Constitutions and Canons of this Church or the Diocese holding the trialdisciplinary proceedings may be pleaded and established as a sufficient defense, notwithstanding the former decision; and Provided, further, that, in any case, the Bishop may at any time apply for such Council of Conciliation.