ST. JOHN'S GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH v. FEDAK, ET AL.


96 N.J. Super. 556 (1967)

233 A.2d 663

ST. JOHN'S GREEK CATHOLIC HUNGARIAN RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY, ETC., ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. MICHAEL FEDAK, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Supplemental briefs filed December 29, 1966.

January 19, 1967.

January 20, 1967.

February 16, 1967.

Decided September 12, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jerome C. Eisenberg argued the cause for appellants (Messrs. Clapp & Eisenberg, attorneys; Mr. Stuart L. Pachman and Mr. Philip Adler (of the New York Bar), on the brief).

Mr. Paul R. Williams, Jr. argued the cause for respondents (Mr. Dominick A. Mirabelli, attorney).

Mr. John O. Bigelow, amicus curiae, argued the cause pro se.

Before Judges GAULKIN, LEWIS and LABRECQUE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by LABRECQUE, J.A.D.

Defendants appeal from a judgment of the Chancery Division which (1) adjudged that St. John's Greek Catholic Hungarian Russian Orthodox Church (St John's) was an integral part of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America (hereafter the Metropolia) and, as such, subject to its laws and discipline; (2) set aside the attempted discharge of Reverend...

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