Another Significant Ruling in Our Diocese's Favor in the TEC Lawsuit
The Court of Appeals here has issued a stay in the lawsuit the TEC-loyalist rump "diocese of Fort Worth" has filed attempting to take all our property away from the parishes of the real, ACNA-affiliated Diocese of Fort Worth. This was done because a fundamental illogic has appeared in the way TEC's lawsuit is working its way through the trial court.
First, the trial court judge has already ruled that the lawyers suing on behalf of TEC's "diocese" DO NOT represent the corporation known as the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth that was established in 1983 and which Bishop Iker still heads. Yet the trial judge did not strike all the pleadings TEC's lawyers had filed claiming to act on behalf of the corporation at the time he ruled that they were not the real diocese's lawyers. Logically, if these TEC lawyers do not represent the real diocese that actually owns the property, then they should not be able to even appear in court to file pleadings demanding that property be handed over to the folks they represent!
The appelate court has stayed any further proceedings until this fundamental illogic can be resolved. And that is GOOD news for the ACNA diocese--the real diocese of Fort Worth.
The Anglican Curmudgeon has full details and is a MUST READ. Just click on the title to this blog entry to read his remarks.
First, the trial court judge has already ruled that the lawyers suing on behalf of TEC's "diocese" DO NOT represent the corporation known as the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth that was established in 1983 and which Bishop Iker still heads. Yet the trial judge did not strike all the pleadings TEC's lawyers had filed claiming to act on behalf of the corporation at the time he ruled that they were not the real diocese's lawyers. Logically, if these TEC lawyers do not represent the real diocese that actually owns the property, then they should not be able to even appear in court to file pleadings demanding that property be handed over to the folks they represent!
The appelate court has stayed any further proceedings until this fundamental illogic can be resolved. And that is GOOD news for the ACNA diocese--the real diocese of Fort Worth.
The Anglican Curmudgeon has full details and is a MUST READ. Just click on the title to this blog entry to read his remarks.
posted by Texanglican (R.W. Foster+) | 6:04 AM
4 Comments:
I hope that by this we do not alienate Judge Chupp. He in general gets what is going on but his refusal to change the language and thus force going to the Court of Appeals may work against us in the future. And then it may not.
Man I hate this whole thing. TEC is connected to the ABoC, but their masses are becoming too liberal. ACNA is not in communion with the ABoC, but holds to a traditional masss though the policies are just not very liberal. Both want to get rid each other.
Why can't we keep liberal/rational policies but hold to the traditional Anglican Eucharist ceremony? (1662 BCP, anyone?)
I'm starting to think that there isn't a sane Episcopal/Anglican parish left in the Fort Worth area it seems.
Iker should sue Sewanee for his share of the endowment fund
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=11584
Well I hope many people would like to beat swords into ploughshares and have a more peaceful world than now.
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