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North Texas Episcopal factions divide up money and property as their divorce plays out in court

A group of North Texas Episcopalians lost several church buildings after a 12-year lawsuit over who is the true Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. Now, the losing side has to hand over everything that was inside the buildings from money to the coffee maker in the church kitchen.

North Texas Episcopal congregations evicted after 12-year legal battle with breakaway diocese

The disagreements centered around women clergy and LGBT recognition in the church. Author: William Joy (WFAA) Updated: 10:31 PM CDT April 15, 2021 Jackie Meeks sat in the back pew she’s called home for years, as a handful of fellow church members took down a golden six-foot tall Christus Rex hung above the altar. “It’s so crazy to see it coming down,” she said. “You just think it would always be there.” She’s a member at St. Christopher’s, which is one of six Fort Worth Episcopal churches moving out of their buildings over a lawsuit that has divided  thousands of the faith’s members in North Texas.

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