Chancellor Makes Another Request for Hearing

After receiving no response to date from his letter on October 4 requesting a hearing on the Enforcement Petition filed in May 2018, Chancellor Tom Tisdale again sent a letter to First Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson yesterday afternoon requesting an “expeditious hearing” to enforce the final judgement of the South Carolina Supreme Court in their August 2017 ruling.

In his letter, the Chancellor once again reiterated that the property rights of the Diocese are being “seriously eroded and diminished by delay,” and requested that the judge “conclude this proceeding on remittitur” by returning the properties held in trust for the Diocese without additional delay.

The last hearing before Judge Dickson was on July 23, 2019. At that time, the judge ordered both sides to attempt another session of mediation. That session was held on September 26 with Mr. Thomas Wills serving as mediator. At the end of the day, an impasse was declared.