From South Carolina-U.S. District Judge C. Weston Houck has been asked to reconsider his dismissal of a federal lawsuit arising from the Episcopal schism in eastern South Carolina.
Houck last month dismissed the action brought by Bishop Charles vonRosenberg and ruled that the legal issues should be settled in state court. The bishop represents parishes remaining with the national Episcopal Church following last year’s schism.
vonRosenberg had asked the court to block Bishop Mark Lawrence, heading parishes that left, from using the name and symbols of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina.
Lawrence and many parishes in the conservative diocese separated from the more liberal national church. Those parishes then sued in state court to protect use of the diocesan name and a half billion dollars in property.
In court documents filed Monday, vonRosenberg asks Houck to reconsider his decision dismissing the federal case.
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http://thetandd.com/news/local/state-and-regional/bishop-asks-judge-to-reconsider-in-episcopal-case/article_6dff1516-20c1-11e3-8e00-001a4bcf887a.html
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