Morris v. Featro

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

This appeal arises out of a controversy, between two rival factions, over the right to the control and use of the property of St. John’s Greek Catholic Church of Lansford, Pennsylvania (hereinafter referred to as St. John’s Church). One group, represented by Joseph Featro et al., appellants, claims that this church was dedicated as and remains an independent or autocephalous Greek Catholic Church, independent of all ecclesiastical authority other than the congregation itself; the other group, represented by Rev. Michael Morris, appellee and pastor of the…