From South Carolina-Like many divorces, this one began with small tiffs that escalated.
After years of arguing over theology and administrative control, disputes among Episcopalians boiled over in 2012 when the local bishop and a majority of parishes left the national church.
The aftermath flows Tuesday into the courtroom of a circuit judge in St. George who will decide the future of more than $500 million in church property - although her ruling is likely to be appealed.
As the much-anticipated trial begins, two men will be in court, each in Anglican bishop purple, each claiming to be the rightful leader of the Diocese of South Carolina.
Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein will decide which group is the real Diocese of South Carolina: the one that remains part of the national Episcopal Church, or the one that existed before the national church and now wants to be independent from it?
More here-
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20140707/PC16/140709560/1177/multimillion-dollar-sc-episcopal-split-heads-to-trial-tuesday
Also here-
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d30af13f27494d4592c032e54477513c/SC--Episcopal-Future
and here-
http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/07/3551433/split-among-episcopalians-reaches.html?sp=/99/205/&ihp=1
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