Resolved, the House of ________________ concurring,

That the 79th General Convention amend Canon IV.6.9 as follows:

Sec 9. If the determination of the Reference Panel is to take no action other than an appropriate pastoral response, the Panel shall notify serve the Complainant and the subject Member of the Clergy with written notice of the determination and the basis of the determination to take no action other than an appropriate pastoral response, and inform the Complainant of Complainant's right to appeal the decision to the Hearing Panel within thirty days of the service of the notice. If the Complainant wishes to appeal the decision to take no further action, the Bishop shall appoint an Advisor for the Complainant within fifteen days of the date of the Complainant’s receipt of the notice of decision to take no further action. The Advisor shall assist the Complainant in preparing and signing a written appeal of the decision to take no further action to the Hearing Panel. The Advisor shall send the written appeal to the president of the Disciplinary Board who shall immediately forward the appeal, the written notice of the Reference Panel’s determination, and the Intake Report to the president of the Hearing Panel. The president of the Disciplinary Board shall notify the subject Member of the Clergy that an appeal has been filed. The question before the Hearing Panel is whether the decision to take no further action other than an appropriate pastoral response is warranted. The appeal may be conducted either personally or telephonically. The Complainant, Complainant’s Advisor, Complainant’s counsel, if any, and the Reference Panel shall each be afforded the opportunity to be present, either personally or telephonically, at the hearing of the appeal, and any such person present shall be heard by the Panel if such person desires to be heard. The Panel may hear from other persons at the Panel's discretion. After conducting the appeal and hearing from the persons designated above, the Panel shall confer privately and issue a decision to affirm, modify, or reverse the determination of the Reference Panel. The Hearing Panel shall hear the appeal and issue its decision to the persons designated above within forty-five days of the receipt of the appeal by the president of the Hearing Panel.