From the It Was Bound to Happen Sooner or Later dept…
As many Brethren I’m sure already have heard, former W.Va. Grand Master Frank Joseph Haas has filed suit against the West Virginia Grand Lodge as well as the current Grand Master Charlie Montgomery and previous Grand Master Charles Coleman, among others.
According to the suit, while Grand Master, Haas led the charge to ‘rid Masonry in West Virginia of [its] Orwellian, repressive, regressive and unconstitutional practices’. When Coleman came in, I guess he ruled those changes null and void due to procedural errors. Current Grand Master Montgomery evidently gave Haas a dressing down while in Lodge and expelled him. It appears the expulsion was without trial. Haas is not listed on the West Virginia Grand Lodges website as a Past Grand Master.
