D.C. Sources say that a statement will be forthcoming from the Presiding Bishop's office, but the sources say they have not to comment on the contents of the statement until after it is released. Griswold is to prepare the statement, according to sources, and it is to be reviewed by the participants for revisions before it is made available to the press. No deadline has been set for the release of the statement. Calls to Episcopal Church Center were not returned this afternoon.
Some observers anticipate the statement to have broad and historic impact.
However, it was not possible to determine if it would be a substantive statement or not. Today's meeting caps efforts thought to have begun after last summer's General Convention and which, until recently, appeared to be going nowhere. It is speculated that Griswold agreed to the meeting at the prompting of the Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, who was in New York and Washington, D.C. last month and met with both Griswold and Suffragan Bishop Jane Dixon. It is not confirmed that this is what prompted the meeting. It was not possible to obtain comments today from the archbishop's office, as it has already closed when sources reported on today's meeting.