Fr. Nestlehutt asks concerning my visit to the Brockton church, "Support for what?" [TLC, July 4]. It is to support a parish that is loyal to the historic and official positions of the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Communion, and the Lambeth Conference regarding issues of sexuality and toleration of those who do not believe in ordination of women. The Anglican teaching, recently ratified by the Lambeth Conference, is reflected in this faithful parish and denied by the Diocese of Massachusetts. Significantly, Fr. Nestlehutt, among others, fails to mention the fact that the charges against Fr. Hiles were allegations dating from more than a quarter of a century ago, and which charges Bishop Coburn had dismissed as unfounded.

(The Rt. Rev.) C. FitzSimons Allison

Georgetown, S.C.