By Kirk Petersen After 11 years of litigation, the parties have reached a settlement in the largest lawsuit over the property of the former Episcopal Diocese of Quincy. The suit was filed after the Quincy bishop and 18 of the 22 congregations of the small diocese voted to leave the Episcopal Church (TEC) in 2008 and form the Anglican Diocese of Quincy, part of the Anglican … [Read more...] about TEC and ACNA Settle Lawsuit Over Diocese of Quincy
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SC Litigation Becomes More Complicated
By Kirk Petersen As if the divisions in South Carolina were not complicated enough, they have now led to a federal lawsuit pitting one entity affiliated with the Episcopal Church against another. On June 11, the Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) filed suit against its own insurance company, Church Insurance Company of Vermont (CIC-VT), alleging "extraordinarily … [Read more...] about SC Litigation Becomes More Complicated
Hearing on Sauls Case Postponed
The latest hearing in the case of Stacy F. Sauls v. The Episcopal Church, filed with the New York Supreme Court in September 2017, has been postponed to Jan. 10, 2019. Bishop Sauls, formerly the chief operating officer of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, was dismissed in April 2016. He filed suit against the church in February 2017 through a circuit court in … [Read more...] about Hearing on Sauls Case Postponed
U.K. Court Rejects Cake Complaint
What would normally be a £36.50 cake led to a court case that cost Northern Ireland £250,000 and the defendants £200,000. A panel of five judges of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the McArthur family, which owns Ashers Bakery in Belfast. Ashers was fined in 2014 for declining to prepare a cake with the slogan Support Gay Marriage for gay-rights … [Read more...] about U.K. Court Rejects Cake Complaint
Bishop Sauls Sues Church
Adapted from the Office of Public Affairs In a Feb. 8 letter to staff at the Episcopal Center Center, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies, announced that the Rev. Stacy Sauls — who worked as a corporate attorney before his ordination — has filed a lawsuit against the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society and … [Read more...] about Bishop Sauls Sues Church
Petition Dismissed in Illinois
Both parties have issued responses to the Supreme Court of Illinois choosing on November 26 to dispose of a petition by the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago.From the Diocese of Chicago:The Illinois Supreme Court today denied a petition by the Episcopal Church to review the ruling of a lower court which had found that certain property of the former Episcopal Diocese of Quincy now … [Read more...] about Petition Dismissed in Illinois
Ft. Worth Case Glides Along
From the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Ft. Worth:At a hearing on Thursday, April 24, 2014, Judge John P. Chupp of the 141st District Court denied the Episcopal Parties’ motion to stay, or stop, proceedings [PDF] in the diocesan case in the district court and granted the breakaway ACNA parties’ motion to set aside the supersedeas order that had imposed conditions for the ACNA … [Read more...] about Ft. Worth Case Glides Along
Two Tracks, Two Courts
From the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Fort WorthAt a hearing on Thursday, April 24, 2014, Judge John P. Chupp of the 141st District Court denied the Episcopal Parties’ motion to stay, or stop, proceedings [PDF] in the diocesan case in the district court and granted the breakaway ACNA parties’ motion to set aside the supersedeas order that had imposed conditions for the ACNA … [Read more...] about Two Tracks, Two Courts