Decision Number 1487

Decision

Questions requesting information are not questions of law. A bishop may not declare a provision in the Book of Discipline to be unconstitutional. Further, questions which are procedural or substantive matters relating to actions in a judicial or administrative process are not proper questions to be addressed in a substantive ruling by a bishop. Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi’s ruling, that the questions are not proper questions of law, is affirmed.

Deanell Tacha was absent.  Kent Fulton, lay alternate, participated in this decision.
Luan-Vu Tran was absent. Timothy Bruster, clergy alternate, participated in this decision.

November 7, 2023