Post by angli_fan on Aug 24, 2006 21:42:02 GMT -5
(from the Episcopal News Service)
The civil suit was filed last September by clergy and lay people from six parishes in Connecticut against Smith and others, including Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold. The lawsuit accused them of depriving the six plaintiff parishes of their rights under the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution, and sought to have a state law that provided for corporate organization of the Episcopal Church declared unconstitutional.
In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Janet B. Arterton concluded that Smith acted under canon law, and that the claims by the plaintiffs lacked an essential element justifying a federal suit. Several other claims filed under Connecticut tort law were also dismissed by the federal judge.
www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77337_ENG_HTM.htm
The ""Connecticut 6" have released a statement regarding the lawsuit:
aacblog.classicalanglican.net/archives/002231.html
Brad Drell offers his professional opinion on the case here:
www.ctsix.org/index.cfm/2006/8/22/Interview-with-Brad-Drell
The civil suit was filed last September by clergy and lay people from six parishes in Connecticut against Smith and others, including Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold. The lawsuit accused them of depriving the six plaintiff parishes of their rights under the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution, and sought to have a state law that provided for corporate organization of the Episcopal Church declared unconstitutional.
In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Janet B. Arterton concluded that Smith acted under canon law, and that the claims by the plaintiffs lacked an essential element justifying a federal suit. Several other claims filed under Connecticut tort law were also dismissed by the federal judge.
www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77337_ENG_HTM.htm
The ""Connecticut 6" have released a statement regarding the lawsuit:
aacblog.classicalanglican.net/archives/002231.html
Brad Drell offers his professional opinion on the case here:
www.ctsix.org/index.cfm/2006/8/22/Interview-with-Brad-Drell