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31 Aug 2012, 11:13 am
If they want to place parish property into a trust for their benefit, then have the parish vestry approve and sign a declaration of trust, just like everyone else, and like every other legally enforceable trust that was created in that State.But don't come into court with all kinds of mumbo-jumbo about "religious polity", unwritten agreements, and the like. [read post]
24 Aug 2012, 12:35 pm
Wolf, however, was denied to the rectors, vestry and members of Bishop Seabury Church, and so they conducted their last Sunday services in their building on August 12. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 7:59 am
Dedicated volunteers who serve on church vestries and finance committees may occasionally place too much confidence in the church’s paid leaders. [read post]
2 Jun 2012, 11:41 am
As plaintiffs’ bishop put it: “If a bishop wants to meet with a vestry, [he] would … have to be invited. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 9:26 am
The following is a statement of Redeemer Parish to the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh upon the Relinquishment of Its Property:May 31, 2012After prayerful consideration, the Vestry of Redeemer Parish has decided that it is not interested in “purchasing” any property from the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. [read post]
4 May 2012, 7:52 am
This is good news for Christ Church, and for its stalwart and beleaguered rector and vestry, as I shall explain below. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 9:12 am
Not only that, but they sue the parish rectors and vestry members as well, and frequently seek punitive damages against them, both as a means of punishment and intimidation, and to make it more costly for them to have to defend themselves in addition to their parish.Q Why do they sue for those things? [read post]
31 Mar 2012, 5:13 pm
In my Episcopal church here in California, the vestry members are sworn into their office by promising to perform their duties "well and faithfully. [read post]
15 Jan 2012, 11:47 am
The vestry members of each of these churches, upon taking office, have sworn to uphold the doctrine, worship, and discipline of the Church. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 5:10 am
The vestry empowered to elect directors to the Falls Church Endowment Fund is the vestry recognized by the Diocese as the Episcopal vestry of The Falls Church, that is to say, the Continuing Congregation. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 2:30 pm
Francis-on-the-Hill (El Paso) from its property, now sues their rector and vestry for all moneys they collected from their parishioners while the earlier litigation was going on. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 3:50 pm
With the extremely disturbing news about the long-standing cover-up that went on over sexual abuse of young men by an assistant coach at Penn State University, it is very instructive to compare the reaction of the University after the story came out to that of the House of Bishops concerning the revelations, on numerous blogs (Catholic and Episcopalian), concerning the Presiding Bishop's own cover-up of her actions while serving as the Bishop of Nevada.Let me be perfectly clear: the two… [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 3:36 pm
Eventually he installed a new vestry, as the former congregation became "St. [read post]
2 Oct 2011, 7:16 pm
Today the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld the Dennis Canon against a challenge offered by the rector and certain officers and vestry members of Bishop Seabury Church in Groton. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 5:46 am
Gauss and twelve present or former officers or vestry members of the Parish who hold themselves out as continuing to serve in that capacity, alleging breach of trust for the wrongful failure to relinquish to the plaintiffs all of the real and personal property of the Parish following a decision by a majority of the voting members of the Parish, including the defendants, to withdraw from the Diocese and to affiliate the Parish with the Convocation of Anglicans of North America (CANA), an… [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 3:59 pm
Permit me, therefore, to make a modest suggestion that Father Weber and his vestry respond as follows:Dear Bishop Vono:How nice it was to hear from you after such a long time! [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 1:36 pm
Here is the operative text of the Stipulation about the disaffiliation of parishes:(a) In the event a parish in the Diocese (hereinafter "Parish Church") shall elect to disaffiliate with the Diocese, the Parish Church shall give written notice of that election to the Diocese by delivering a copy of the notice, signed by the Rector and the Vestry, to the Diocesan Bishop (hereinafter "Bishop"), to the Board of Trustees of the Diocese (hereinafter "Board of… [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 11:13 am
Moyer and the one sitting vestry member was that they must relinquish their parish offices, and not the parish's property. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 11:09 am
And the two vestry members appear to have been swept out of their offices by the tide that removed Father Moyer. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 6:45 pm
The court similarly removed two vestry members who supported Moyer from their positions. [read post]
