PURGE

from Midwest Conservative Journal by The Editor

The good news is that if you took the under on the “When will Mark Lawrence finally get shivved?” pool, it’s probably safe to say that you just won. The bad news is that you’ll be buying lunch for the office for a week:

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

On Thursday, September 29, 2011 the Bishop received communication from the President of the Disciplinary Board for Bishops that “serious charges” have been made under Title IV of the canons of The Episcopal Church. These are allegations that he has abandoned The Episcopal Church. Since several of these allegations also include actions taken by the Convention of the Diocese of South Carolina, after sustained prayer and discernment, it has seemed appropriate to both the Bishop and the Standing Committee to make these allegations available to the members of the Diocese. These allegations may be found on the Diocesan website here.

Subsequently, the President of our Standing Committee, the Very Reverend Paul C. Fuener, received a letter from the Church Attorney assisting the Disciplinary Board seeking “Records maintained by the Standing Committee of the Diocese of South Carolina.” This letter may be found on our diocesan website here.

In order to understand the possible implications and to engage in corporate prayer for the diocese, I, as bishop, have called a meeting of all our active and canonically resident clergy for this coming Tuesday, October 11, 2011 from 10:00 —12:00 noon at the Ministry Center of St. James Episcopal Church, James Island.

Rest assured we will do all in our power to defend gospel truth and catholic order. We and the members of our Standing Committee ask your prayers for God’s guidance and wisdom.

TEO simpering toadie bishop Dorsey Henderson explains that all this came from Carolina, not from New York, and that Mrs. Schori had nothing to do with it. Fur reels.

In the matter concerning the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, information is being reviewed by the Title IV Disciplinary Board. Bishop Dorsey Henderson is President of the Title IV Disciplinary Board.

Information was presented from communicants within the Diocese of South Carolina.

The information was not brought forward by the Presiding Bishop’s office, or by the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church. Therefore, the matter is not being handled by the Presiding Bishop’s office or anyone in the employ of the Episcopal Church Center.

All information has been presented to the Disciplinary Board under the Episcopal Church Title IV disciplinary canons (laws of the church).

In situations as this, the “church attorney” is an attorney who is retained by the Disciplinary Board to investigate cases brought to the Disciplinary Board. The “church attorney” is not the chancellor to the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.

As a matter of law and a matter of respect to those involved, the Disciplinary Board operates confidentially and will continue to do so. As such, it would not be appropriate to discuss the details of the case in public.

Bishop Henderson has been in conversation with Bishop Mark Lawrence of the Diocese of South Carolina.

The Disciplinary Board is comprised of Episcopal Church bishops, clergy and laity.

These charges(and their inevitable denouement) should surprise no one. Mark Lawrence had a bullseye painted on his chasuble the moment he received his grudging, ill-humored consents. One can only hope that the legal situation in South Carolina will be a lot nastier for the Episcopal Organization than it’s been in other states.

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