From WTAE-TV:

A vote could possibly split the Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh: Some members want to break away from the national church while others want to stay. At the center of the decision: Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh.
The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church said there will be a vote this week at a meeting of the national House of Bishops on whether to remove Duncan from ministry.

The Episcopal Church notified Duncan that a vote to remove him from ministry will be taken on Thursday. The step comes as the Diocese of Pittsburgh nears an Oct. 4 vote on whether to secede from the Episcopal Church for a more conservative alignment.

A meeting Saturday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Mount Lebanon drew a number of church members who believe remaining in the Episcopal Church is the right thing to do. Opponents would like to break away from the U.S. church and join the Anglican Church in South America.

“I think there’s some feeling that the Episcopal Church has drifted into areas that some groups consider to be not orthodox, and I think there’s some places where that is true but that’s not the character of the church in general,” said the Rev. James Simons, who opposes leaving the U.S. church.

A pastoral letter from Duncan indicated that he would abide by the Thursday vote of the House of Bishops, but that he doesn’t believe it can stop the diocesan effort to secede.

The Pittsburgh diocese voted in November to realign with the 77-million-member Anglican Communion, which believes the Bible forbids gay relationships, while a majority in the Episcopal Church does not.