Decision Number 852

Decision

The Northeastern Jurisdictional Committee on Appeals properly ruled that the Jurisdictional Committee on Appeals does not have jurisdiction in this case. No formal complaint based upon the specific chargeable offenses of ¶ 2624.1 of the 1996 Discipline was filed by the bishop. For the Northeastern Jurisdictional Committee on Appeals to accept jurisdiction in this case would be a constitutional (¶ 31) violation of the right of the Annual Conference to determine its membership.

The record received by the Judicial Council does not reflect any violations of fair process nor were any raised in a timely manner.