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...York court last week officially upheld the right of an Episcopal bishop to fire a minister under his jurisdiction. As he listened to his friend, Justice Meier Steinbrink, deliver the long decision upholding the provisions of Episcopal canon law, old Rector John Howard Melish, 74, slumped forward in his seat and rested his forehead on his cane...
...been a dragged-out, losing fight to keep his son, Assistant Rector William Howard Melish, 38, on the staff of Brooklyn Heights's red stone Church of the Holy Trinity. Young Melish's busy left-wing activities (e.g., he was chairman of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship) had finally led Holy Trinity's vestrymen to appeal to the Bishop of Long Island for the ouster of their rector. After the court ruled, many a Holy Trinity parishioner hoped that son William would at last resign so that the bishop could reverse his decision...
...John Howard Melish, 74, rector of Brooklyn's Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity, got his walking papers last week, but he declined to budge. His bishop fired him, but Rector Melish came right back with the observation that the bishop had no right to do such a thing. He sat pat and so did his son and associate rector, the Rev. William Howard Melish, 38, who was the cause of it all. Young Minister Melish's activities as chairman of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, and busy associate of several other organizations cited as Communist...
Doubt & Confusion. Bishop De Wolfe explained that his decision had been based primarily upon consideration of "the pastoral relationship." Wrote he: "I believe the Rev. William Howard Melish, assistant minister, to have been . . . most mistaken in what he believes to be the pastoral application of his ministry. He has allowed himself ... to become involved with 'outside activities' of such a nature and to such an extent as to incite doubt and confusion in the church as to whether he is indeed living up to his ordination vows as a priest in this church...
Letter & Spirit. April 4 was the date named by the bishop for the Melishes' "pastoral relationship" to "cease." But father & son made no move to pack up their vestments. Instead, Rector Melish announced that he denied the legality of the bishop's action - a course that may well end up in the civil courts. Said...