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

by Art McClanahan May 4, 2012

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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