Statement by Parishioner on Bishop's Letter

From Transfigurations, blog of Pat Dague of St. Andrew's, Syracuse:
In one of the more bizarre communications from a liberal Episcopal bishop to date, Central New York’s Skip Adams wrote a letter which he sent out by bulk mail to every member of St. Andrew’s church in Syracuse for whom he could find an address. Two days before he sent the letter out, he signed legal papers suing the parish and seeking to seize its property and shut down worship services at the church. On the same day of this letter the Diocesan lawyer was arguing before a judge that the court should prevent the transfer of any property of the church including any monies used to pay salaries or church expenses. The Court ultimately denied the Diocesan request, but had it been granted, it would have shut down the parish.