Saturday, September 19, 2009

pecusa's reign of terror over?

For the last six years pecusa has threatened and sued parishes and dioceses leaving her. Under Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold there was the possibility of settlement, but under the present P.B. settlements have been rejected. With the defeat of the Dennis Canon in South Carolina and the defeat of pecusa in the Diocese of Fort Worth it is possible that other courts will take notice and begin to rule more favorably toward parishes and dioceses leaving pecusa. I hope so. For six years pecusa has acted more like a corrupt criminal enterprise than a church. pecusa has sought to intimidate congregations and failing that to sue them and seize their property. With the rulings in SC and TX we will hopefully see the end to all this. We still await a ruling that will free the Anglican District of Virginia from pecusa's litigious grasp. After this, the third wave that David Virtue predicted can gather steam. The first wave was parishes in liberal dioceses and the second wave was dioceses. The third wave that has already begun is parishes in conservative dioceses that are still attached to pecusa. pecusa is adrift theologically and we can only hope that the remaining orthodox parishes and dioceses will finally cut loose from her and allow pecusa to float away diminished and dying into the oblivion of the open sea.

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