Shawnee Tabernacle Church v. Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission

OPINION BY

Judge BROBSON.1

Shawnee Tabernacle Church (Church) and Dennis Bloom (Bloom) (collectively, Petitioners) petition for review of the May 11, 2012 order of the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission (Commission). In that order, the Commission denied the Church’s petition to intervene in an administrative proceeding initiated by the Commission against Bloom under the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act, 65 Pa. C.S. §§ 1101-1113 (Ethics Act). Because the Commission did not abuse its discretion, we affirm the Commission’s order.

BACKGROUND

A. Commission Proceeding

On or about November 10,…