St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Greek Catholic Church's Petition

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

This is one of those unfortunate church disputes which wisdom would dictate should have been adjusted without a resort to litigation.

On petition of those claiming to be members and officers of St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Greek Catholic Church of Allentown, the court below empowered the trustees of the church, naming them, to execute a mortgage in the sum of $21,500 for the purpose of discharging liens upon the church property and paying for repairs and improvements thereto. From this decree the Right Reverend Constantin Bohachewsky, bishop of the Ruthenian…