Episcopal Diocese of Chicago and The Episcopal Church File Suit in Peoria
Hope for "reconciliation and mutual respect in Christ"
Bishop Lee is "prepared to litigate this matter"
Nov. 6, 2013
CHICAGO, IL - The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago and The Episcopal Church today filed suit in a circuit court in Peoria asking that clergy and lay members of a faction that broke away from the church in 2008 be ordered to relinquish control of buildings and other assets that belong to the diocese and the church.
Among the assets are the properties of St. George's Episcopal Church in Macomb, Grace Episcopal Church in Galesburg, Trinity Episcopal Church in Rock Island and Christ Episcopal Church in Moline. The congregations in Rock Island and Moline have formed All Saints Episcopal Church in Moline.
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Hope for "reconciliation and mutual respect in Christ"
Bishop Lee is "prepared to litigate this matter"
Nov. 6, 2013
CHICAGO, IL - The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago and The Episcopal Church today filed suit in a circuit court in Peoria asking that clergy and lay members of a faction that broke away from the church in 2008 be ordered to relinquish control of buildings and other assets that belong to the diocese and the church.Among the assets are the properties of St. George's Episcopal Church in Macomb, Grace Episcopal Church in Galesburg, Trinity Episcopal Church in Rock Island and Christ Episcopal Church in Moline. The congregations in Rock Island and Moline have formed All Saints Episcopal Church in Moline.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
