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Bishop Goodpaster responds to the Judicial Council decision on “Plan UMC”

by Art McClanahan May 4, 2012
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Bishop Larry Goodpaster responded to the decision of the Judicial Council (no. 1210) which said of “Plan UMC,” “it [is] constitutionally unsalvageable.” His remarks came at the beginning of the Friday evening session.

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