[Magdalen] Proposed Property Settlement in Episcopal Litigation Turned Down

Wed Jun 17 00:17:57 UTC 2015

This is a peripheral comment, but I am saddened to see that Jim Lewis is associated with Lawrence and the breakaway diocese. I knew him years ago in a very different context in which he was heavily involved in social justice matters and seemed very progressive in his views. Obviously something has changed.

On June 16, 2015, at 12:10 AM, Zephonites--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

Virginia

What a shame- I am impressed positively that TEC made such an offer  and 
saddened that the Diocese of South Carolina turned it down. 

Do you know why they did? I guess the devil is in the details

It appears that " the national church would keep the Episcopal Diocese of  
South Carolina name and identifying marks, along with _St.  Christopher Camp 
and Conference Center_ (http://www.stchristopher.org/) , the bishop’s 
residence and trust funds worth several  millions". (see 
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150615/PC16/150619613/1180/episcopal-church-makes-settlement-
offer-to-let-parishes-take-500-million-in-property)

How much are those trust funds worth I  wonder

Did SC make a counterproposal?

Blessings
Martin
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In a message dated 16/06/2015 00:11:43 GMT Daylight Time,  
gingawilder at gmail.com writes:

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