JCD 1194

http://archives.umc.org/interior_judicial.asp?mid=263&JDID=1315&JDMOD=VWD&SN=1101&EN=1200

There were several annual conferences that were impacted by the removal of Bishop Tangonan and his being supplanted by retired Bishop Arichea. The request before the Judicial Council shows there is lingering discontent about it.

The impact of this ruling is that only the session presided over by Bishop Arichea sends the valid representatives to the General and Jurisdictional Conferences in 2012.

I find it interesting that the Council did not cite its own rulings to justify supporting Bishop Arichea’s decision of law saying his conference session was the only legitimate one (see JCD 1149). Interesting, but who knows how significant it is?