PITTSBURGH: Rump Diocese Fails in Bid to Dismiss Appeal
PITTSBURGH: Rump Diocese Fails in Bid to Dismiss Appeal
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 7, 2010
The long standing legal dispute between the liberal-led Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh against orthodox Bishop Robert Duncan saw a setback for its rector Dr. Harold T. Lewis when The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rebuffed an attempt by Calvary Church, and their adherents, to dismiss the appeal taken from Judge James's order last January directing the real Diocese of Pittsburgh to hand over all its property and assets to the rump diocese.
Lewis, its senior warden and a parishioner had moved to quash Bishop Duncan's appeal on the ostensible ground that it was taken too late. This failed.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 7, 2010
The long standing legal dispute between the liberal-led Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh against orthodox Bishop Robert Duncan saw a setback for its rector Dr. Harold T. Lewis when The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rebuffed an attempt by Calvary Church, and their adherents, to dismiss the appeal taken from Judge James's order last January directing the real Diocese of Pittsburgh to hand over all its property and assets to the rump diocese.
Lewis, its senior warden and a parishioner had moved to quash Bishop Duncan's appeal on the ostensible ground that it was taken too late. This failed.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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