Presbyterian Moderator's Misapprehension

My post in which I offered a bottle of champagne and R1 000 for sight of a contract did, it seems, yield something. The Presbyterian Moderator wrote to me (I am however a Congregationalist). It is clear, he wrote, "that you resigned from the ministry and membership of the Sea Point Congregational Church on the 12th June 2013". This refers to a document of that date. Assuming that this document is a valid agreement:

• It uses specific, Church language to indicate that my membership remains intact. Attorneys checked this and confirmed it in a letter long ago.
• At the same time, the Church retained its status as my controlling body by law. It is inconceivable, write attorneys, that this excludes membership.

However, that document is not valid, for several quite obvious reasons:

• It was not witnessed as required (we didn't witness it on my side, probably both sides)
• It was not ratified as required (it couldn't have been, without being witnessed)
• The Church went on to propose at least four "final" agreements after that
• Then the document was censured by the Human Rights Commission

OBSERVATION: Thus the Moderator insists that a document is valid, which has been judged to be in violation of one's human rights. After pronouncing it valid, he adds: "This correspondence is now closed." You can't have a Moderator on the wrong side of the Human Rights Commission, among other things. If I were the Presbyterian Church, I would accept the facts, sort it out fast, and warmly seek to restore the friendship.

POSTSCRIPT: My worry is that people might depend on the word of a Moderator who got it wrong. Attorneys this week requested to see this document: "We are concerned that a false document may have been circulating."