By Virtue Online After 18 months of delays, a South Carolina court will on Tuesday begin considering the lawsuit to protect Diocese of South Carolina assets from seizure by The Episcopal Church (TEC) and its local subsidiary, The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC). Circuit Court Judge Diane S. Goodstein, who will preside over the…
By Ryan Hunter, Juicy Ecumenism, the Institute on Religion and Democracy’s blog I do not gloat over retired Episcopalian Bishop V. Gene Robinson’s announcement, nor I hope will any of us. Having endured and witnessed my own family’s trials and sufferings amidst divorce, I recognize that it is utterly impossible, and inhuman, to rejoice whenever two people…
By A.S. Haley In compliance with the mandate issued by the Texas Supreme Court on March 21st, today (April 24) the 141st District Court in Fort Worth agreed to move forward with a new trial in the property suit brought five years ago by The Episcopal Church against the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. It…
By Virtue Online CHARLESTON, S.C. – The South Carolina Supreme Court has intervened in a lawsuit and granted the Diocese of South Carolina Motion to transfer jurisdiction from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court. This may effectively prevent The Episcopal Church (TEC) and its local subsidiary, The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC),…
By David Virtue A document leaked to Virtueonline says that a group calling themselves the American Anglican Fellowship, (AAF), has filed a complaint with Bishop Clay Matthews, Intake Officer of the Episcopal Church, saying that Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori has violated the Episcopal Church’s Constitution and Canons. The group of current and former members…
By Jennifer Berry Hawes Local Anglicans who separated from the Episcopal Church in 2012 approved a resolution Saturday accepting a new provisional oversight that gives them a formal ecclesiastical connection to the global Anglican Communion. The Diocese of South Carolina will join the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, a worldwide network of theologically orthodox Anglican…
By Mary Ann Mueller United States District Court Judge C. Weston Houck minces no words in his latest ruling against The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECinSC) nor is he about to be fooled by The Episcopal Church’s legal banter. “This matter is before the Court on the motion of the plaintiff, the Right Reverend…
By George Conger, Anglican Ink An Illinois circuit court has rejected the national Episcopal Church’s claim that it is a “hierarchical church” under law, handing down a ruling that supports the Diocese of Quincy’s secession from the national church. Details of the court’s ruling have yet to be analyzed by Anglican Ink, but the Illinois…