After more than two years of silence a controversial Houston pastor will soon address an issue that has left him in the headlines.
Former Pure Light Baptist Church leader Rev. Rory Murphy will talk about the allegation next Monday that he sold the church from under the small Fifth Ward congregation.
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A group of ministers has called a press conference to address the issue along with Murphy.
The press release also indicates those ministers headed by Bishop James Dixon will make an effort to make Pure Light whole.
As you know the congregation has been attempting to raise money to fight a Florida based buyer who purchased their church from Murphy back in 2009 according to federal court records.
The Insite will be there and have an update for you next week!
Pure Light may want to consider pursuing an additional legal theory to their current strategy. They may want to file an action to quiet title. That way one objective judge that understands the law, rather than 12 subjective people who may come to the wrong understanding about the law, will determine the rightful owner. If the judge determines that Pure Light is the rightful owner, then there is no need to buy back the church because it will have been determined that they never lost ownership/title in the first place. If fraud is involved and the pastor had no legal authority under their bylaws to sell their church on his own, the court has the power to void the sale as a matter of law. This way the church does not have to buy back their own property. The buyer would then have to go after the former pastor to get his pruchase money back because the church doesn't owe him-- the person that received the money from the sale owes the buyer and is liable for refunding the money. Suing the pastor and others will not directly result in the church getting title to the property. If the pastor is broke or has spent the money, the church risks collecting nothing at all and the buyer will still have claim to owning the property. Suing the law firm that handled the sale is a big risk because the law firm did not commit fraud and did not misrepresent the church because there was no reason for them to suspect that the pastor did not have the authority to conduct the sale. Get the sale voided first and then go after the other people. These are just my thoughts based on what I read. There is always more than meets the eye.
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