September 23, 2015, DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DEFENDS ITS PROPERTY AGAINST ANOTHER EPISCOPAL CHURCH APPEAL
September 21, 2015: U.S. JUDGE DELAYS HEARING ON EPISCOPAL CHURCH APPEAL PENDING STATE COURT DECISION
June 16, 2015: Diocese files reply brief with SC Supreme Court
June 15, 2015: Churches Reject TEC's Spurious Offer to Settle
February 22, 2015: JUDGE REAFFIRMS RULING AGAINST TEC
February 3, 2015: COURT RULES DIOCESE AND PARISHES KEEP THEIR HISTORIC PROPERTY
July 25, 2014: TRIAL ENDS WITH TESTIMONY OF BISHOP LAWRENCE
July 24, 2014: CELEBRATED EXPERT IN RELIGIOUS HISTORY TESTIFIES TEC HOLD NO CONTROL OR SUPREME AUTHORITY OVER DIOCESES
July 23, 2014: TEC USES BISHOP VONROSENBERG TO CLAIM "DIOCESES CAN'T LEAVE."
July 22, 2014: TEC SPENDS DAY MAKING ARGUMENTS JUDGE RULES IRRELEVANT
July 21, 2014: TEC ATTORNEY ADMITS CONSTITUTION DOES NOT PREVENT A DIOCESE FROM LEAVING
July 18, 2014: TEC BISHOP TESTIFIES NOTHING IN GOVERNING DOCUMENTS SAYS A DIOCESE CAN'T LEAVE
July 17, 2014: FIREWORKS IN THE COURTROOM
July 16, 2014: TEC WITNESS ADMITS DIOCESAN CONSTITUTION TRUMPS TEC'S
July 15, 2014: TESTIMONY SHOWS BISHOP LAWRENCE TRIED TO KEEP DIOCESE "INTACT AND IN TEC."
July 14, 2014: TESTIMONY IN DIOCESE OF SC V. TEC
July 11, 2014: JUDGE ASKS BOTH SIDES TO AGREE ON FACTS FOR PARISH TESTIMONY
July 10, 2014: TESTIMONY SHOWS CHURCHES HAVE NO CONNECTION TO TEC
July 9, 2014: SECOND DAY OF TRIAL INCLUDES TESTIMONY FROM TREASURER
July 3, 2014: TRIAL TO PROTECT DIOCESE OF SC ASSETS BEGINS TUESDAY, JULY 8
May 7, 2014: SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT REJECTS TEC APPEAL
March 18, 2014: SOUTH CAROLINA COURT OF APPEALS DENIES TEC APPEAL, BLOCKS DENOMINATION’S STALLING TACTICS
February 6, 2014; DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEEKS TO END TEC STALLING TACTICS BY ASKING STATE SUPREME COURT TO HEAR DENOMINATION’S APPEAL
December 30, 2013: JUDGE FINDS NO LEGAL MERIT TO LATEST EFFORT TO DRAG DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA CLERGY INTO COURT
October 11, 2013: SC JUDGE REJECT'S TEC's REQUEST TO REMOVE INJUNCTION PROTECTING DIOCESAN NAMES AND SEAL
October 3, 2013: JUDGE DENIES TEC REQUEST TO EXPAND LAWSUIT
August 21, 2013: FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES CASE AGAINST BISHOP LAWRENCE
June 10, 2013: FEDERAL JUDGE REMANDS DIOCESE OF SC CASE TO STATE COURT
June 3, 2013: THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH (TEC) HOLDS HOSTAGE PENSIONS OF MORE THAN 80 DISASSOCIATED STAFF MEMBERS; REFUSES TO ALLOW THEM TO MOVE THEIR RETIREMENT SAVINGS
March 15, 2013: THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH LAWSUIT ASKS FEDERAL JUDGE TO OVERTURN STATE COURT ORDER AND STRIP DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA OF ITS IDENTITY
February 28, 2013: THREE MORE PARISHES JOIN THE DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SUIT TO PREVENT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH FROM SEIZING PROPERTY
January 31, 2013: THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AGREES TO INJUNCTION THAT PROHIBITS THEM FROM USING DIOCESE OF SC IDENTITY
January 23, 2013: CIRCUIT COURT BLOCKS THE USE OF DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IDENTITY BY ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THE DIOCESE
January 22, 2013: ANOTHER 15 PARISHES JOIN THE DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SUIT TO BLOCK THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH FROM SEIZING LOCAL PROPERTY
January 4, 2013: One of America's Oldest Dioceses Files Lawsuit to Prevent the Episcopal Church From Seizing Local Parishes and 'Hijacking' Their Identities
Earlier Diocesan News Reports
December 14, 2012: Steering Committee Primates of Global South Recognize Lawrence's Legitimate Episcopal Oversight
December 10, 2012: Diocese Responds to Announcement of January Meeting of TEC Group
December 7, 2012: Diocesan Statement Regarding Claimed Renunciation
November 17, 2012:Special Convention Affirms Disassociation
November 17, 2012: Bishop Lawrence Addresses Special Convention
November 8, 2012: Group Attempts to Mislead Clergy; Unauthorized Use of Diocesan Seal and Name/
October 19, 2012: Episcopal Forum Members Initiate Attack on Bishop Lawrence
October 20, 2012: Diocese Releases Statement Regarding Disassociation from the Episcopal Church
October 2012: Episcopal Church Abandons Bishop and Diocese
October 17, 2012: Special Convention Called for November 17, 2012
October 15, 2012: Episcopal Church Takes Action Against Bishop and Diocese of South Carolina
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