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Another Jensen attack fails: accusation against Rev. Jim Rigby results in no charges |
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Sunday, January 29 2006 @ 01:30 PM
Back in September 2004, this site featured a
news item about a judicial attack launched against Rev. Jim Rigby of More Light church
St. Andrews Presbyterian in Austin, TX. Rev. Rigby was accused of violating Presbyterian rules for conducting a same-gender holy union ceremony, a service
permitted by church judicial rulings. Under the Presbyterian system, all judicial complaints force the creation of an Investigating Committee, which is loosely the Presbyterian equivalent of a civil grand jury. The original charges were filed by serial litigator Paul Rolf Jensen, who has filed
dozens of anti-gay judicial attacks throughout the PCUSA over the past several years.
Last week, the Investigating Committee charged to examine the facts surrounding the latest attack against Rev. Rigby declined to file charges against him. The Austin American-Statesman has published
an article about this resolution -- extracts appear below.
No church trial for Austin pastor
Presbyterian leader avoids charges for role in gay marriages and ordination.
By Eileen E. Flynn
The Rev. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in
North Austin, will not face charges within his church for his role in
the ordination of gay elders and for blessing couples at a gay
marriage demonstration.
For the second time in two years, an investigating committee for
Mission Presbytery, the national church's regional governing body,
reviewed allegations that Rigby violated the church's constitution and
declined to send him before a tribunal.
[...]
Rigby said he told the committee, " 'If your conscience tells you that
I am guilty and this is wrong, I'm asking you to kick me out of the
church.' "
Read the full article... |
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