Episcopalians Lose in Court, Again

United States District Court Judge C. Weston Houck minces no words in his latest ruling against The Episcopal Church in South Carolina (TECinSC) nor is he about to be fooled by The Episcopal Church's legal banter.

"This matter is before the Court on the motion of the plaintiff, the Right Reverend Charles G. vonRosenberg ("Bishop vonRosenberg"), pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e), for reconsideration of the Court's August 23, 2013 Order, which granted the motion of the defendant the Right Reverend Mark J. Lawrence ("Bishop Lawrence"), to abstain, thereby dismiss in the case without prejudice. For the reasons discussed below, Bishop vonRosenberg's motion for reconsideration (ECF No. 33) is denied," Judge Houck succinctly explained in the first paragraph of his January 14 ruling.