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Diocese of South Carolina NEWS RELEASE

PO Box 20127, Charleston, South Carolina 29413-0127126 Coming Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29403

***BREAKING NEWS***

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 28, 2013

For more information contact:

Jan Pringle, (678) 667-6169jpringle@dioceseofsc.org

IN RESPONSE TO TODAYS LEGAL ACTION BY TEC, BELOW IS ASTATEMENT BYJIM LEWIS, CANON TO THE ORDINARY

There is little to say about the counterclaims filed in Circuit Court by The Episcopal

Church and The Episcopal Church in South Carolina. We are saddened they filed their

suits on Maundy Thursday in the middle of Holy Week and that they have made the

lawsuit personal by suing individuals who make up the leadership of our parishes.

However we are not surprised that TECs filing now makes clear its intention to seize

all the properties of the Diocese of South Carolina and its parishes. The court filings are

consistent with the scores of lawsuits The Episcopal Church has filed against dioceses

and parishes across the United States.

We pray the denominations legal actions do not distract members of the Diocese

during the holiest week of the year, when all our thoughts should be on things far more

spiritual and far more important.

Because of it being Holy Week, we will not be available for questions until

Monday. Thank you.