1 service to launch Episcopal church; parishes get letters [And so it begins in San Joaquin]

The Modesto Bee ^ | 6/21/2009 | Sue Nowicki

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There are several updates to the continuing Episcopal/Anglican saga in our area. ...

Also last week, the nine other self-incorporated parishes with ties to the Anglican diocese headquartered in Fresno received letters from Lamb "to arrange the transition of all properties and assets back to the Episcopal Church." Two of those parishes are St. Francis in Turlock and St. James (the historic Red Church) in Sonora.

Because of their independent status, those parishes were not named in the lawsuit the Episcopal Church filed against Anglican Bishop John-David Schofield and the rest of the parishes after they voted in December 2007 to leave TEC and come under the oversight of an Anglican group in South America.

"It's another effort for them to come and sit down and talk with us as St. Paul's did before we go through any more of these legal battles," Lamb said. "That's what we're trying to get away from."

Unlike St. Paul's, however, these nine parishes are tied to Schofield and the Anglican diocese, which will help pay their legal costs in case of a lawsuit.

The Rev. Gerry Grossman, pastor of St. Francis, said Lamb's letter "amounts to the harassment of a local congregation by a national organization. We've received 'invitations' from him before, but this is the first request to, quote, "give back" something that's ours. We're not going to have this taken from us. The story of David and Goliath comes to mind."

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