At the Thirteenth Lambeth Conference in 1998, he voted in favor of Resolution I.10 which rejected "homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture".

At the 74th Convention in 2003, he voted to consent to the election of Gene Robinson, a gay partnered priest, as Bishop of New Hampshire.

[5] Shortly thereafter, however, Ohl also affirmed the importance of the Windsor Process—a process laid out a commission appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury with the intent of healing the divisions and tensions that existed in the Anglican Communion following Robinson's consecration.

[8] This, and the following departure of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in San Angelo and of Holy Trinity in Midland, made him the center of lawsuits and controversy for a time.

[citation needed] The same year the Bishop of Fort Worth and a majority of the diocese departed the Episcopal Church.

In 2009, Ohl was invited to celebrate an ordination service and began to feel a call to serve the Diocese of Fort Worth.