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ANNOUNCEMENT

Meeting Between Grand Encampment Officers,

and members of the Great Priory of America CBes

3:30 PM February 12, 2010

A Meeting was called by the Grand Master of the Grand Encampment, Sir Krught William H. Koon. II. for

the Officers of the Grand Encampment and the members of the Great Priory of America c e e s

concerning an invasion of jurisdiction by the Great Priory of America. Present for the Great Priory were

the Great Prior, Joe R. Manning. Deputy Great Prior Thomas Jackson as well as 8 - 10 additional

members. tn addftion to the Grand Master, were David Goodwin, Deputy Grand Master, Duane Vaught,

Grand Captain General, Lawrence Tucker, Grand Recorder, and Jimmy Willson, Grand Treasurer.

Discussions were held about an Invasion of Jurisdiction issue on the part of the Great Priory of America.

The documents presented are made a part of this announcemen. Grand Master Koon agreed to

postpone action until May 1, 2010 to give the Great Priory of America adeqiate time to respond.

The facts of this issue are quite simple. In 1928 Grand Master leonidas Perry Newby with the approval

of the Grand Encam.pment granted recognition to the Great Priory of Helvetia (Switzerland) (CBCS l as a

Templar Order. In 1935, the Great PriOry of Helvetia (CBCS)granted a Charter to the Great Priory of

America CBCS . Under Section 3 of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, the Grand Encampment

has sale c.ontrol of Templarv within he United States of Amenca and those jurisdictions over which the

United States exercises control (see Constitution as a pdf file www.knigh stemplar.org). Since the Grea

Priory of Helvetia ( C e e S ) only has authority to form bodies of like kind [Templar), the Great Priory of

America is by definition an unrecognized Templar Order operating within the USA contrary to Section 3

of the Grand Encampment Constitution This is a clear violation of territory no matter how long ago it

was done. Since all Knights Templar swear allegiance to the Constitution of the Grand Encampment of

Knights Ternplar, when Knighted, when installed in each Office they may hold, membership in an

unrecognized Templar Order within the USA Is a dear violation of vows, as well as a violation of the

ConstitutIon.

Great Priory of America has met since 1935, as a Social Club. wi hout the conferral of the Orders,

exchanged representatives or acted in any way as anything but a Social Group, and thus has avoided the

issue of Invasion of Jurisdlcncn until recently as the attached documents demonstrate.

This Announcement Is to keep our members Informed of important information which affects the Order.

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RELATIONSHIP of GRAND ENCAMPMENT KT of the USA

with GREAT PRIORY of AMERICA cees

Time Line of Events:

The Rectified Rite (CaCS) ISconsioerec by the Ternplar world to be a Templar equivalent, andin many Countries exists as the only form of Templary. (Examples - Switzerland and Belgium

etal , See Attached Sheet No 1 provided by the Great Pnory of England & Wales lastSeptember) In fact the Grand Encampment has recogmzed and exchanged representatives withthe Great Priory af Helvetia (Swrtzerland) since 1928.

1. Section 3: It (GEKT) has supreme legislative, judicial and executlv» power and

Jurisdiction over the Orders of Red Cross, Knight of Malta and Knight Tempter within the

United States of America and geographical regions over which the United Slates

exercises jurisdiction. In other words, no member of Knights Templar may be a member

of another Templar body wlthin the USA or its possessions

2. The Grand Encampment of the USA should not have permitted the Great Priory of

America to be formed by the Great Priory of Helve ia In the Unrted States in 1934 I is

no different than i f the Great Priory of Scotland were to form Priories of Knights emplarin he US.

3. Smce 1934, Grand Masters of the Grand Encampment have chosen to 'tum a blind eye'and 'jgnore' the Constitution, so long as the Great Priory of America. did not confer titual,

exchange representatives with other G(eat Pnones, or In any way act as though theywere an actIve Order EVERYone of them has allowed the Constitution to be violated,None had the ability to GRANT permission for he forming.

Then Grand Master William H. Thornley, Jr. in response to expansion proposals by

the Great Priory. declared the Great Priory of America to be "An Jndependent

Templar Body" in violation of the Grand Encampment Section cited above (SeeAttached Sheet No.2. DeMond letter of March 27 2008) He further stated. "if they weregoing to be anything more than an Old Mans' Drinking Club~ they would have to choose

whether they wanted to be a Knight Templar under GEKT. or a CBCS member. In shortthe GEKT position has been smce then, 'Eat, Drink, have a fun evening, and we'llpretend you're "A Social Club".

4. This warning was Issued during he 1991 - 1994 Trienrual Jim DeMond, just before he

was installed (November 2007) as Great Prior asked GM Koon to relax the restrictionsGEKT had on GPA, to confer degrees Permission was denied for the above reasons,

and the prohibitions were horoughly restated to JIm DeMond. Joe Manning in a meeting

with Jim DeMond, DaVId Goodwin, and GM Koon on February 13, 2009 to diSCUSS apossible move by GPA to come under the GEKT umbrella was discussed Theprohibitions in place were explainec thoroughly to Joe.

5 The attached letter sent on March 27, 2008 to Great Chancellor Reese L . Harrison Jr.and copied to Joe R. MannIng Deputy Great Pnor removes any doubt that Harrison I

Manning had full knowledge of th e limitanons under wrucn he Great Priory existed. In

spite of this knowledge.



6. The Great Chancellor (Reese L. Harrison) wrote on behalf of the Great Prior (Joe R

Manning), Deputy Great Prior (Tom Jackson) and himself requesting information from theSovereign Great Priory of England and Wales and the rectified rite order appendant tothem why a waiver of jurisdtction was not requested for [Names redacted for I heirprivacy] (see attached letter No.3).

7. The Great Chancellor {Reese L Harrison, Jr.} wrote the Great Priory of Switzerland

objecting to the forming of another rectified nte in th e Umted States under the GEKT.

B. These letters are proof the Great Priory of America is attempting to be something morethan a 'Social Club Further they were In the case of the Great Priory of England and

Wales writing to a Priory with which the GEKT IS In fraternal accord having exchanged

representatives. The letter to Switzerland was an attempt to interfere with the lawfulbusiness of the Grand Encampment. These letters go far beyond the parameters laid outfor existence. And, Great Chancellor Reese L. Hamson, Jr. holds the 3 highest awards

in the power of the Grand Encampment to bestow - KTCH, KCT, KGCI It is clear, as a

result of these actions, there are those in the Great Pnory of America who considerthemselves far more than A Social Club" with a fancy name.

Regrettably. as a result of these two actions, the Constitutfon will be strictly adhered to and

Grand Master William Henry Thornley Jr's declaration enforced On February 15, 2010, theGreat Priory of America will be formally declared an Un-recognized Templar Order operating

within the Unrted States of America As such, continued Membership in the Great Pnory of

America is a violation of Section 3 of the Grand Encampment Constitution.

LEADERSHIP of the GREAT PRIORY OF AMERICA WAS FULLY AWARE OF THECONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTION. You have been provided the letter proving it under the

hand of your own then Great Prior (James S. DeMond) Any angst or upset should be directed

toward those who knowingly chose to put the Great Priory of Amenca at risk.

At this polnt, 'doing nothing on the part of the Grand Encampment is not an option. In fact,Grand Encampment has done nothing for far too long Inaction tends to diminish the respect

and esteem of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar Within the UnIted States,as well as

in the eyes of recognized Templar Orders abroad. The Grand Master of the GrandEncampment is charged never to Jetthat happen

If nothing happens between now and February 15,2010 (SEE NOTE) to change the dynarrucsof the situation, each of you will be advised by mall of a Grand Masters' Decision being issueddeclaring the Great Priory of America to be an "Un-recognized Templar Body" operating wrthlnthe United States of America and Informing you of your membership therein being a Violation of

Section 3 of the Constitution. It Will then be up to each of you to make a choice We trust you'll

choose wlsely_

hi Date ha been extended t Ia 1,2 J 0

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PARTICIPANTS:

.BELGIUM

De Bouvere, LClarernbaux, FVerbiat, J

Oliveira Leite, MFerreira. C R Bde A5sun~aoJ J V

ENGLAND &WALES

Dring, L FSlater, M EBrackley, J

FINLAND

Yli-Uotila. R

Arpiainen, A 0

Rajakaltio, K V

FRANCE(KTI

Bassou, A A 0Pajolec, CA

Bunout, P L

FRANCE (CBeSI

Laventure, P F M

GERMA.NY (GL)

Strassner ,JKleeberg, H

Stolz, G J

GERMANY lET)

Woodhouse, N R J

Gandolfo, GCooper, M A

ItT TRIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

3 - 5 SEPTEMBER 2009

WINCHESTER

FORMAL CONFERENCE

4 SEPTEMBER 2009 AT 11.30 A.M.

National Grand Master

Great Chancellor

Grea Prior

Grand Master

Past Orand MasterGrand Organist

Mas Eminent & Supreme Grand Master

Great Seneschal

Grea Vice-Chancellor

Grand Master

Great Prior of Malta

Great Chancellor

Grand Ma teeGreat Sene chal

Provincial Prior

Vlsrtcr General

Grand Master

Mem bel"of Supreme CouncilGrand Treasurer

Grand Master

Grand SeneschalGrand Secretary



GREECE

KaJoudis, W ESpyropoulos, A

Deligiorgis, G

Orand Mas er

Great Seneschal

Great Vice Chancellor

NEW SOUTH WALES &; ACT

Stapelfeldt, G WStark. E A

Charlwood, W T

Grand MasterGrea Chancellor

Past Great Chancellor

QUEENSLAND

Eyres, M M Past Grand Master

SCOTLAND

Niven, 0 A C

Hodge . J RJohnstone, P

Gran d Mester

Grand Constable

Grand Secretary

SPA.IN txT)

Norton,B

McGolpin. W G 8Representing Grand Master

Past Grand Master

SPAIN (CBCS)

Thorson, 0 Grand Prior

SWII'ZERLAND (CBCS)

Zimmennann, CGrimm,D

Great PriorGrand Chancellor

TOGO

Vidjannagni, 8 Represen ing Grand Master

U.S.A.

K oon II, W H

Goodwin, D DTucker, L E

Grand Master

Deputy Orand Master

Grand Recorder

t1.S.A~

Dupee, M 0 Past Commander of Damascus

Commandery

VICTORIA

Hann,J WBuist, 0 G P

Molnar. J S

Orand Master

Deputy Grand Master

Great Registrar

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October26.2009

Richard L Gan, C.B.C.S.

Mark Masons Hall

[email protected]

In re: Americans Received into U..K. C.B,C.S.

Dear Reverend Knigbt Richard:

Please deliver this Jetter [0 the appropriate officials of the Great Priory of Angfia

operating pursuant to Letters Patent (charter) granted February 6, 1937, by me Grand PricureIndependent D'Helvene. C.B.C.S .• We would very much appreciate your courtesy in [he delivery

(0 the proper o fficials . '.

• The Great Priory of America ,C.B.e.S. chartered Augus( 27. 1934 by the Grand Prieure

Indepcnden( D'Helvetie has learned recently from several 01 ' its members as well as from theAmerican Freemasons hereinafter mentioned lJ1at four American Freemasons have been received

Into the realm of the Great Priory of AngJia C .B .C . S . at some level or levels. These four

American Freemasons me. of course, citizens of the United States of America, permanent

domiciUaries and residen; of the same, non citizens of the U.K.. non permanent residents of the

U.K.. and with no student or work visas In the U.K and only have been tourists (0 the U.K.

The four American Freemasons are:

Names Redacted for their Privacy

No waiver of American territorial and in personam jurisdiction was received by the Great

Priory of America C.B C.S. from lbe Grear Priory of Anglia C.B.C.S. Was a waiver of such

jurisdiction requested by the Great Priory of AngUs chartered J 937 from the Great Priory of

Americ a c ha rte re d 1 93 4?

Hav e t he a fo rem en tio n ed Am eric an Ma so n s b ee n re ce iv ed into membership ae some level

under auspices of the Great Priory of Anglia o ha rte re d 1 93 71 If so, by what authority does theGreat Priory of Anglia claim territorial and in personam jurisdiction over American Citizen

Fre em as on s d om icile d in the U.S.A?

Please note that we : refer to your Great Priory by chatter date. We understand that

anodJer group of Freemasons in the U.K. purport (0 act as C.B.C.S. under lbe so-called Wmre

Cbanerof April 16. 1903. We are not aware of any Deary of coexistence in me U.K. on the part

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Ricba:rd L . G an

October 26. 2009

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of the 1937 Charter group with the Waile 1903 group, and this was orally confirmed LOReese L

Harrison. Jr., Great Chancellor of the Great Priory of America. on September 29 . 2007. in Paris,

France. and again on O ctober 2 . 2007. in M ark M as on s Hall in London. U.K . W e do not know if

th e s itua tio n has chan ged. If ilh as c ha ng ed please advise when an d the terms of such muruaJ

c on se nt a nd /o r t re at y.

The Great Priory of America recognizes as C.B.C.S. only me 1937 charter in the U.K.

No other C.B.e.S. group In the U.K. has requested recognition from the Great Priory of America

C.B.C.S. and 'Wewould DOL grant the arne mthout your express written consent or a written

treaty memorializing the same.

Look ing forward to a response to the ques tio ns herein , w e rem ain ,

FratemaJly yours,

loe R. Manning . Jr., KGC

Great Prior

Great Priory of America C.B.C.S.

P as t G ra nd Master of Masons in Oklahoma

jnnannin £[email protected]

Thomas W. Jackson

Deputy Great Prior

Great Priory of America C.B.C.S.

Past Grund Secretary of Pennsylvania

[email protected]

Rees e L . Harrison. J r., K G CPan Great Prior

Gr and Cha nc el lo r

Greal Priory of America C.B.C.S.Past Grand Master of Masons In [email protected]







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