Mediation Update
Parties met for the fourth day of mediation on January 12, 2018. Although not resolved, the parties agreed to move forward with good faith mediation efforts to amicably resolve the case.
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Motion to Dismiss Filed
The Episcopal Church and its local diocese, The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, have asked the state court in Dorchester County to dismiss a lawsuit filed last month by a group that left the church in 2012. The Motion to Dismiss, filed December 15, is in response to a new complaint filed by the breakaway…
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Mediation Update
Mediation is in recess until January 11-12 in Columbia. We welcome your ongoing prayer as we continue in this process.
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New Lawsuit Filed by Disassociated Group
A group that left The Episcopal Church in 2012 is again suing local Episcopalians and The Episcopal Church, filing a lawsuit in Dorchester County. The breakaway group, which is continuing to use the name “The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina,” included the names of 27 parishes as plaintiffs in the suit. It…
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Supreme Court Decision and a Statement from Bishop Adams
Supreme Court Decision Ruling in favor of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, the South Carolina Supreme Court has denied two motions from a disassociated group and upheld its August 2 decision that property and assets of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, and most of its parishes, must remain with The Episcopal Church.The orders, dated…
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Mediation Update
At 10:45 am today, Bishop Adams and Chancellor Tom Tisdale announced that the mediation with Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson Jr. has been recessed until December 4-5, 2017. Please continue to pray for all parties in the mediation. Bishop’s Call to Prayer Dear People of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, As you are aware, we are…
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Legal News Update
Today, October 4, 2017, Bishop Adams and members of the legal team for our Diocese and The Episcopal Church attended a mediation planning session with Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. and representatives of the breakaway group involved in federal and state litigation resulting from the 2012 division in the Diocese. As a result of today’s meeting,…
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September 26, 2017
Legal news updateSeptember 26, 2017 Bishop Adams and members of the legal team for our Diocese and The Episcopal Church have been asked to attend a mediation planning session in Columbia on October 4 with Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. and representatives of the breakaway group involved in federal and state litigation resulting from a 2012 division. Judge Anderson has been designated…
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Response Asks SC Supreme Court to Deny Post-Opinion Motions
The South Carolina Supreme Court should deny the post-opinion motions filed by a breakaway group on September 1, as they are without merit and offer no legal basis for granting a rehearing, according to a legal response filed Monday by The Episcopal Church and its local diocese, The Episcopal Church in South Carolina. The response asks the Supreme Court…
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An Update on Legal Matters Involving Our Diocese
From the Bishop: Dear People of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, As I write this, Hurricane Irma is bearing down upon us and we are not yet certain of the exact track it will take. Know that all of you are in my prayer for your safekeeping even as we hold others affected close to our hearts. If…
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Legal News Update
Friday was the deadline for a motion for rehearing to be filed in the South Carolina Supreme Court involving the court’s decision on August 2 in the litigation initiated by a breakaway group over church property and assets. On Friday, the breakaway group first filed a motion for an extension, seeking an additional 15 days in which to…
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Episcopal Church Joins Federal Lawsuit
A federal judge has granted The Episcopal Church’s motion to intervene in a lawsuit over false-advertising and related claims against the bishop of a breakaway group that left the Church in 2012. The federal case, known as vonRosenberg v. Lawrence, has been assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel, and currently is scheduled to proceed…