Saginaw Bishop Todd Ousley held a role in a controversial ruling to reinstate a fellow bishop

From Michigan -includes a link to the court decision.

SAGINAW — A controversial ruling to reinstate a Pennsylvanian bishop includes a tie to Saginaw.

Bishop Todd Ousley of the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Michigan, which includes land east of Interstate 75 from Genesse to Alpena counties, was a member of the church’s court of review that, earlier this month, reversed a 2008 decision by a lower court that removed Pennsylvania Bishop Charles Bennison as bishop.

Bennison’s brother, John Bennison, was youth pastor of the church where Charles Bennison was a priest in the 1970s in California. John Bennison, who later became a priest, is accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in the parish. John Bennison was forced to renounce his priesthood in 2006 when accusations became public. His brother was removed as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania in 2008 for his inaction in the 1970s.

Ousley was a member of the appeals court that on July 28 determined that the church’s statute of limitations had expired, and Charles Bennison was reinstated as bishop of the 55,000-member diocese as of Monday.

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