A document leaked to Virtueonline says that a group calling themselves the American Anglican Fellowship, (AAF) has filed a complaint with Bishop Clay Matthews, Intake Officer of the Episcopal Church, saying that Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori has violated the Episcopal Church's Constitution and Canons.
The group of current and former members of The Episcopal Church say that the AAF took this action only after prayerful consideration, the exhaustion of all reasonable means of communication, and not receiving a single response to their many concerns.
"In recent years more than 700 Clergy and 5,000 Christians have petitioned The Episcopal Church and five Episcopal Bishops also requested information and transparency in The Episcopal Church with spending more than $22 million dollars of church funds in 80 or more secular lawsuits against departing churches and dioceses. These lawsuits are ongoing with no solution in sight," noted the document.
The group filed the information on December 19, 2013, with Bishop Clay Matthews who later recused himself and passed the complaint along to former New York Bishop Mark Sisk. The group still awaits a formal response from the Church.
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