A Clergyman in Trouble
It has been well-known in private * jclrcles during the past few weeks that the Rev. J. Q,.-Dodwell, whose license to officiate in the Wellington Diocese was cancelled by the Bishop of Wellington at the end of the year, contemplated taking legal proceedings against the Bishop, with a view to the recovery of damages for alleged illegal dismissal. The case is likely to come before the Supreme Court at the quarterly sitting in April next. So far as we can learn at present, the case is likely to turn on a technical point as to whether the Bishop has certain powers which he claims, giving him the right to cancel a license " for just cause." Should this point be decided against the Bishop, the latter will then, so it is stated, grant an ecclesiastical .court of enquiry into the irregularities which are alleged against the rev. jgentleman. The matter possesses considerable interest to churchmen generally, and to the clergy more especially, and the issue will be anxiously awaited. Mr Gully, of the well known firm of Buller and Gully, is acting as legal adviser to the plaintiff. — Manawatu Herald.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 111, 27 February 1886, Page 3
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