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Article: Judge asked to resolve Episcopal dispute
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2001
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Judge asked to resolve Episcopal dispute
From Journal Sentinel wire reports
Friday, August 24, 2001
Greenbelt, Md. -- A federal judge was asked Thursday to take the
rare step of settling a dispute within the Episcopal Church between
the bishop of Washington and a conservative priest leading a Maryland
congregation.
U.S. District Court Judge Peter J. Messitte heard motions in a
lawsuit filed by Acting Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon that seeks to oust
the Rev. Samuel Edwards as pastor ...