The mediation session between The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) and the breakaway group has been rescheduled to Thursday, September 26. Both parties were ordered to enter mediation by First Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson at a hearing on July 23 of this year. The mediation is intended to address the ongoing dispute over…
The mediation scheduled for September 4, 2019 between The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) (together with The Episcopal Church) with the group that broke away from the Church in 2012 has been rescheduled due to Hurricane Dorian’s threat to the state of South Carolina. The parties are seeking mediation in regard to the ongoing dispute…
Five weeks after the last hearing before South Carolina Circuit Judge Edgar Dickson regarding a lawsuit filed by the breakaway group that has come to be known as the Betterments Case, the judge has indicated he will deny The Episcopal Church in South Carolina’s (TECSC) Motion to Dismiss the case. The official judge’s order is…
Mediator Named for State CaseAs ordered last week by South Carolina First Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson, The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) and The Episcopal Church have agreed on a mediator with the group that broke away from the Church in 2012. The parties have agreed to allow Thomas J. Wills IV to serve as mediator…
After a two-hour hearing at Calhoun County Courthouse in St. Matthews, SC, this morning, First Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson ordered all parties—The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) and The Episcopal Church, along with a group that broke away from the Church in 2012—to enter into mediation in the ongoing dispute over enforcing the…
Late yesterday, on Thursday, July 18, 2019, The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) filed multiple motions with the U.S. District Court in Charleston asking the federal court to dismiss motions and counterclaims filed by the Church Insurance Company of Vermont (CIC-VT). In the initial filing on June 11, 2019, TECSC argued that CIC-VT acted…
The hearing previously scheduled with Circuit Judge Edgar W. Dickson for Thursday, July 25 has been rescheduled to 10:30 am on Tuesday, July 23. The hearing is in regard to a lawsuit filed against The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) and The Episcopal Church by a breakaway group that has come to be known as the Betterments…
Circuit Judge Edgar W. Dickson has scheduled a hearing on Thursday, July 25 at 9:30 am concerning a lawsuit filed against The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) and The Episcopal Church by a breakaway group. The hearing was announced in an email to attorneys this afternoon regarding a suit that has come to be…
Saying it is “confident” that the 1st Circuit Court will act “in an expeditious manner” to resolve the case, the South Carolina Supreme Court has denied a petition from The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) and The Episcopal Church that asked the court to order enforcement of the 2017 decision to return control of…
The Church Insurance Company of Vermont has asked the federal court to rule on whether it is required to provide coverage for legal action involving The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) and 17 parishes who are suing The Episcopal Church and its local diocese, TECSC, over property matters. The Church Insurance Company of Vermont (CIC-VT)…
The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) today filed a complaint in federal court against its insurance company, the Church Insurance Company of Vermont, saying the company acted in bad faith by wrongfully making secret payments to churches that have sued TECSC, helping to fund their litigation against the diocese. The complaint, filed in the…
The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECSC) and The Episcopal Church today filed a reply with the South Carolina Supreme Court, offering additional points in support of their request for Writ of Mandamus to enforce the high court’s 2017 decision to return control of diocesan property and 29 parish properties to The Episcopal Church and…
