From The Living Church-
A new lawsuit [PDF] against the Rt. Rev. Jack L. Iker asks the federal court for the Northern District of Texas to determine who is entitled to use the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth’s seal and other service marks.
As the third bishop of Fort Worth, Iker led a majority of the diocese’s congregations and members in separating from the Episcopal Church in 2008. Of the four dioceses in which the annual convention voted to separate from the Episcopal Church, only Fort Worth retains Episcopal as part of its name.
Suzanne Gill, director of communications for Bishop Iker’s diocese, said the name recognizes what that diocese always has been.
“We are the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, formed, founded and named in 1982,” she said. “Our name is not ‘out of date’ or ‘no longer applicable.’ The word ‘Episcopal’ is a good English word known around the world to mean ‘a Church of dioceses and bishops.’ It does not belong to any one province of the Anglican Communion — or any other Christian Church. We remain Episcopal.”
Katie Sherrod, communications director for the Episcopal Church’s diocese, said the new lawsuit was not prompted by any one incident, such as a dispute between a lesbian couple and the day school at St. Vincent’s Cathedral in Bedford, which declined to admit the couple’s child.
More here
http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2010/9/29/tec-diocese-sues-bp-iker
Iker's response is here-
http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2010/10/1/bp-iker-responds-to-lawsuit
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