From ENS-An Alabama judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the corporation of the Episcopal Church, called the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS), by former Chief Operating Officer Bishop Stacy Sauls after he was let go from his post.
Mobile County 13th Judicial District Judge Ben Brooks said in his Aug. 22 decision that Alabama was not the proper place for Sauls to bring such a suit.
The former chief operating officer said that because the Episcopal Church is present in Alabama, he ought to be able to file suit there. The church had argued that the case did not belong in the Alabama courts but, instead, in New York where Sauls was based.
The judge agreed with the church, saying all the actions described in the suit took place in New York, where Sauls still lives and where the church maintains its denominational office.
“The only potential Alabama witnesses are the lawyers [Sauls] hired,” Brooks noted.
Neva Rae Fox, the church’s public affairs officer, said late on Aug. 22 that “we believe this to be a just and proper decision.”
More here-
http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2017/08/22/alabama-judge-dismisses-ex-episcopal-church-official-stacy-sauls-lawsuit/
also here-
http://livingchurch.org/2017/08/23/judge-tosses-suit-by-bp-sauls/
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