[Magdalen] Proposed Property Settlement in Episcopal Litigation Turned Down

[Ginga Wilder]

Roger, you are absolutely right.

Ginga

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> You know, I 'knew' the breakaways would turn this down.  And, here I am,
> feeling crestfallen.  How silly of me.  It would have been SO GOOD to be
> rid of the fruitless litigation.  SIGH.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 7:50 PM, ROGER STOKES <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> I was afraid that would be the reaction to this offer.  The Lawrence
>> group want to maintain the idea that they are the ones with the true claim
>> to the Episcopal heritage while rejecting the implications of the whole way
>> that the Anglican Communion is organized - with national Churches.  That is
>> why they want to hold onto the title "The Episcopal Diocese" and the
>> shield.
>>
>> The basic problem with all these groups who separate in protest is that
>> the process is fissiparous - it leads to further division.  That is why you
>> have the alphabet soup among the "Continuing Churches" - they cannot agree
>> on something positive to base their collegiality on as what unites them is
>> opposition to a body they dislike.  In time in this case they may come to
>> realise that they have been hanging onto things which they have emptied of
>> their real meaning, empty and worthless shells.  The sadness of it is that
>> they are doing further damage to the Church's mission in diverting money
>> and effort into this dispute rather than proclaiming the Gospel.
>> Roger
>>
>>
>>
>>      On Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 0:41, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  Why am I thinking of Gollum in a miter? "Mine! My precioussssssss!"
>>
>> I should smack myself upside the head for my uncharitable thoughts, I
>> guess.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Chancellor of The Episcopal Church in SC, Thomas S. Tisdale recently
>> > presented a proposal for settlement of the litigation between Bishop
>> Mark
>> > Lawrence’s Church and The Episcopal Church in SC (TECSC). This proposal
>> > offers the high road out of years of future legal fights and millions of
>> > dollars spent unnecessarily on litigation.
>> >
>> > Under this settlement, the two parties would have agreed to a
>> compromise in
>> > which each releases claim to a portion of the contested property. In
>> > exchange for the real and personal property of 35 parishes involved in
>> > litigation, The Lawrence Church would have relinquished claim to
>> diocesan
>> > property. TECSC would have received intellectual, real, and personal
>> > property of the Episcopal Diocese of SC. These separate Christian
>> > denominations would no longer be bound up in ugly litigation. This
>> proposed
>> > settlement would have allowed each party to move forward out of
>> litigious
>> > muck and to be the Church unencumbered by legal distractions.
>> >
>> > Alas, the Lawrence church has rejected the proposed settlement. How sad
>> for
>> > all parties.
>> >
>> > Virginia C. Wilder
>> > Summerville, SC
>> >
>> >
>> > Read more here:
>> >
>> > Press Release on the Proposal:
>> >
>> >
>> http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=dc801ce41dd668e19fb3a3b7a&id=93b9e8a712&e=bfa235e9ac
>> >
>> >
>> > Response from Lawrence church: http://www.diosc.com/sys/index.php
>> >
>> >
>> > Ginga
>> >
>>
>>
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