Court of Review Dismisses Charges Against PA Bishop Charles E. Bennison
Court of Review Dismisses Charges Against PA Bishop Charles E. Bennison
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 5, 2010
In a surprise turn of events, The Court of Review for the Trial of a Bishop has issued a decision dismissing the charges of "conduct unbecoming a member of the clergy" against the Rt. Rev. Charles E. Bennison, Jr. Bishop of Pennsylvania on the ground that the acts in question occurred more than 35 years ago.
The charges are barred by the ten-year-statute of limitations in Canon IV.14.4.
A final judgment was rendered in the matter of Bishop Bennison by the Court on July 29, 2010.
This decision paves the way for Bennison to be reinstated as the head of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania but there is no word from the church's national headquarters in New York how soon or when that would occur.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 5, 2010
The charges are barred by the ten-year-statute of limitations in Canon IV.14.4.
A final judgment was rendered in the matter of Bishop Bennison by the Court on July 29, 2010.
This decision paves the way for Bennison to be reinstated as the head of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania but there is no word from the church's national headquarters in New York how soon or when that would occur.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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