The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That Canon I.15.10 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Sec. 10. In case a Member of the Clergy officiating in charge of a Congregation in a foreign land shall be accused of any offense under the Canons of this Church, it shall be the duty of the Bishop in charge of such the Congregations in that land, or if there be none, the Presiding Bishop, to fulfill the role of the Bishop under Title IV. The Bishop so acting shall summon the Council of Advice, or the Standing Committee of the Bishop’s diocese, as the case may be, and cause an inquiry to be instituted as to the truth of such accusation; and should there be reasonable grounds for believing the same to be true, the said Bishop and the Council of Advice shall appoint a Commission, consisting of three Clergy and two Lay Persons, whose duty it shall be to meet in the place where the accused resides, and to obtain all the evidence in the case from the parties interested; which shall perform the functions of a Diocesan Review Committee as provided in Title IV. they The Bishop, Council of Advice or Standing Committee and Ecclesiastical Trial Court shall give to the accused all rights under the Canons of this Church which can be exercised in a foreign land. The judgment of the said Commission, solemnly made, shall then be sent to the Bishop in charge, and to the Presiding Bishop, and, if approved by them, shall be carried into effect; Provided, that no such Commission shall recommend any other discipline than admonition or removal of the Member of the Clergy from charge of said Congregation. Should the result of the inquiry of the aforesaid Commission reveal evidence tending, in their judgment, to show that said Member of the Clergy deserves a more severe discipline, all the documents in the case shall be placed in the hands of the Presiding Bishop, who may proceed against the Member of the Clergy, as far as possible, according to the Canons of the General Convention. The judgment of the Ecclesiastical Trial Court may be appealed by the Respondent to the Court of Review of the Province of which the Bishop in Charge is a member of the Provincial House of Bishops, or in the case of the Presiding Bishop, the Province most convenient to the Respondent.