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TexasTowelie

(112,140 posts)
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 12:53 AM Oct 2021

Fort Worth's All Saints Episcopal Church declares bankruptcy

FORT WORTH, Texas — In a move that surprised Episcopalians around North Texas, All Saints Episcopal Church declared bankruptcy on Wednesday. The 75-year-old institution was at the center of a property dispute hearing in the 141st District Court.

All Saints was one of six local parishes forced out of their buildings in April. The Texas Supreme Court awarded their property, along with more than $100 million of other Episcopal Church properties, to a splinter group that left the Episcopal Church in 2008 over disagreements about ordaining women and including LGBTQ people in the full life and ministry of the church. The dispute between the two factions has been simmering for more than a decade.

That splinter group, now officially called The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth after the Supreme Court’s ruling, sued the rectors of All Saints and Saint Luke’s in the Meadow — two of the six congregations that lost their buildings — claiming those churches were withholding property the courts awarded to the diocese in April. Though all of the land owned by the six churches has been handed over, the diocese is also staking claim to money collected on behalf of the church and various other pieces, such as statues and books.

The Rev. Karen Calafat of Saint Luke’s and Rev. Christopher Jambor of All Saints were the only two people named in the contempt of court lawsuit.

Read more: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/religion/2021/10/21/fort-worth-s-all-saints-church-declares-bankruptcy

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Fort Worth's All Saints Episcopal Church declares bankruptcy (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
Would've been cheaper to pray on it. OneBro Oct 2021 #1
does a secular court have authority to decide on such a doctrinal matter? rampartc Oct 2021 #2
Imagine if this dispute was happening in Irving, Texas TexasTowelie Oct 2021 #3
may as well hire atty rudy guliani and have a trial by combat. rampartc Oct 2021 #4
It varies dramatically from state to state FBaggins Oct 2021 #5
turn the former churches into homeless shelters. nt Javaman Oct 2021 #6

TexasTowelie

(112,140 posts)
3. Imagine if this dispute was happening in Irving, Texas
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 06:21 AM
Oct 2021

where the case might be settled by Sharia law (at least that's what the RWNJ there would have you believe).

FBaggins

(26,731 posts)
5. It varies dramatically from state to state
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 07:17 AM
Oct 2021

In VA, the results of the same conflict were the opposite of what is described as occurring in TX.

It’s less of a doctrinal matter than a property rights matter and how state laws differ as they relate to the corporate structures of different churches.

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