The letters you printed in response to the report stating that my presence at the episcopal consecration of Libby Lane was “thwarted by a bout of toothache” (“Ordination poses challenge to unity”, News from Britain and Ireland, 31 January) confirmed my fear that readers might consider this to be at best the excuse of a naughty schoolboy avoiding exams, or at worst part of a plot among senior Roman Catholic clergy to disapprove symbolically of the Church of England’s decision to ordain women bishops.To set the record straight, I was both pleased and honoured to accept a gracious invitation from York Minster to attend the consecration, aware that this was a singular honour as seats were in great demand, and testimony to the strong ecumenical bonds that exist be