Episcopal church leaders in the US have dismissed allegations of sexual misconduct against an openly gay bishop-elect
It clears the way for a vote that is likely to see him installed.
The results of an investigation of Canon Gene Robinson were announced just one day after the bishops delayed their vote amid allegations he touched a Vermont parishioner inappropriately.
Massachusetts Bishop Gordon Scruton, who led the investigation, told the bishops that the parishioner, David Lewis, described the touching to him but it did not appear to be sexual in nature and Lewis did not want to press charges.
The questions about Canon Robinson's role in a website for a group he founded that contained links to pornography showed that his involvement with the group ended four years before the website was created.
