N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 50-kk: Rector; vicar; ministers; their appointment, removal and compensation

§ 50-kk. Rector; vicar; ministers; their appointment, removal and

compensation. The rector or vicar or other ministers of any such church,

by whatever title they are called in ecclesiastical language, shall be

called, settled or removed and their salaries fixed, only by the vote of

a majority of the members of such corporation duly qualified to vote at

elections present and voting at a meeting of such corporation

specifically called for that purpose, subject to the consent of the

archbishop who is the ecclesiastical administrator of Metropolitan Synod

Holy Orthodox Church in America, given in writing. A rector or vicar or

other minister so called, with the sanction of the archbishop in

writing, shall be deemed settled definitely in such church, when he has

accepted such call in writing. Unless there is sufficient cause to

terminate the relationship of such clergyman and such church such

relationship shall be deemed permanent and governed entirely by the

rules and usages of the Holy Orthodox Church in America, subject to the

archbishop and Metropolitan Synod.