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FT. WORTH, TX: Bishop Iker will appeal Judge's order to turn over property to TEC
37-year old judge's illness may have had an effect on him, said Assisting Bishop William Wantland

By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
January 24, 2011

The Rt. Rev. Jack Iker, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Ft. Worth said he will appeal a judge's decision ordering him to give up all property running into the millions of dollars in the 24-county episcopal diocese.

Other orthodox area Episcopalians who left the national church will also join the appeal.

On Friday, Judge John Chupp of the 141st District Court told Iker's group to "surrender all Diocesan property as well as control of the Diocese Corporation" to local Episcopalians who remained loyal to the U.S. Episcopal Church. He also told those in Iker's group "not to hold themselves out as leaders of the Diocese."

"We are obviously disappointed by Judge Chupp's ruling and see it as fundamentally flawed," Iker wrote in a statement issued Saturday. "We are confident that the Court of Appeals will carefully consider our appeal and will rule in accordance to neutral principles of law as practiced in the State of Texas.