Illinois Break Away Episcopal Diocese Files Declaratory Judgment Action

The Diocese of Quincy (IL) which last year broke from the Episcopal Church and affiliated with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone has filed a declaratory judgment action in Illinois state court to clarify its rights to hold and manage diocese endowment funds. Virtue Online reported yesterday that the filing of the suit this week followed a January letter claiming those funds written by the Episcopal Church to the bank holding the endowments. Some of the churches in the Quincy Diocese have remained loyal to the Episcopal Church and are forming a new diocese.