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My apologies, then. I was not familiar with the differences. So does he have any chance of returning to the RCC and keeping his wife?

I’m certain he could be allowed back. I’m guessing not as a priest.

No worries -- we all make mistakes. I do believe that a lot of times people hate what the "image" of the Church which can be quite different from the reality, as in this case! Sticking to the same non-theological point, the "bad priest" percentage who did these heinuous acts are estimated globally to be 1-2%, which is less than the number of child molesters in society at large and about par with Protestant pastors and scout masters and less than teachers. HOWEVER, this does NOT condone their actions. If the present Pope had the kind of power that popes are accused of, Ratzinger would excommunicate these perverted monsters (it's another story about the fact that the papacy and bishops isn't quite like the Pres and governors, with less control). What is astonishing is how the liberal MSM has taken these 1-2% bad eggs to smear the remaining 98% of hard-working priests and taken it to smear all of Christianity.

To your question specifically, can Cutie return to the Church and keep his wife -- technically YES, but NOT as a priest. I say technically, because by joining the ECUSA he seems to be indicating that he supports the gay marriages, etc that the ECUSA stands for -- and while I consider conservative Anglicans to be true Christians and very orthodoxy, I scorn what the ECUSA has become in these days of Gene Robinson. To my mind, Cutie has now become a liberal and it should be strongly checked whether he retains orthodox conservative beliefs -- only then should he be let back in.

He cannot become a priest again, that's final as he has given up his vocation. This is quite different from Anglican priests who are already married and quite different from CAtholic married men who become priests (this is allowed in the Eastern Catholic Churchs)