Legal Opinion
Parish of the Advent v. Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 17, 1997PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
This case concerns a protracted dispute between certain members of the corporation of the Parish of the Advent (Parish) on the one hand, and the remaining members of the corporation, members of the Parish vestry (vestry), the Parish rector, the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts (Diocese), and the Massachusetts Diocesan bishop (bishop) on the other. The dispute was triggered when a majority of the members of the Parish corporation passed a vote of no confidence in the rector of the Parish at a special meeting in September, 1993.
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