a decaying St. Louis neighborhood, grew by roughly 500 families, despite approximately 200 families leaving since the beginning of the dispute. Bozek's non-orthodox views include allowing priests to marry and permitting women and homosexuals to be ordained. Transformation of the issues from property to doctrinal concerns alienated some traditional parish members but attracted other new congregants. On March 15, 2012, a St. Louis circuit court judge ruled that control of the church property and assets belonged to St. Stanislaus Parish Corporation, not the archdiocese. Judge Hettenbach wrote in a decision that sided with the parish on all but two of the case's 12 questions "The archbishop may own the souls of wayward St. Stanislaus parishioners, but the St. Stanislaus Parish Corporation owns its own property". On February 13, 2013, St. Stanislaus Corporation and the Archdiocese of St. Louis issued a joint statement that said: In August 2013, Bishop Wayne Smith of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, announced that the diocese and St. Stanislaus had entered into preliminary discussions regarding St. Stanislaus joining the Episcopal Church (United States). It was reported to also be in discussions with the Polish National Catholic Church and other groups regarding possible affiliation. On Friday, August 16, 2019, The Episcopal News Service released the following update in an article by Janis Greenbaum, Director of Communications for the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri.Bishop Smith has notified the Diocesan Standing Committee, Bishop Mike Klusmeyer of West Virginia (liaison to the International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference), and Presiding Bishop Michael Curry about this possible union. For the affiliation to be official, Bishop Smith would make an application to Presiding Bishop Curry on behalf of St. Stanislaus to request permission for the union. Whether St. Stanislaus officially affiliates with the diocese or not, the parish will be playing a major role in our near future by hosting the ordination and consecration of our 11th bishop [of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri] on April 25, 2020. The Transition Committee chose their sacred space for the event because of its size, accessibility and inclusiveness to all. The church shares grounds with the Polish Heritage Center, which will host a celebration reception following the service.On Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, The Episcopal News Service updated the article by Janis Greenbaum as follows.After this story was published online, leaders from St. Stanislaus Kostka Polish Catholic Parish announced the congregation had decided not to officially join the