This led ultimately to a patent being obtained in 1989 from the Supreme Council of the Modern Rite for Brazil, which traced its ancestry back to France from before the Great Schism of 1877, and which had always remained regular.
[7] On 12 September 2012, the United Grand Lodge of England followed suit, citing the schisms within GLNF, and stating that it was not in control of its own affairs.
Legrand promptly handed back the administration of the order to Servel, leaving the organisation once more in charge of its own affairs.
Documents showed Stifani had pledged the allegiance of his Grand Lodge to Nicolas Sarkozy as early as January 2008.
[12] Finally, following their Quarterly Communications meetings held in each jurisdiction in June 2014, the United Grand Lodge of England, the Grand Lodge of Ireland, and the Grand Lodge of Scotland issued a joint statement recognizing "that the actions taken by the current leadership of the GLNF have actively and comprehensively addressed the problems which led to the withdrawal of recognition ... and that peace and harmony have now been restored," and accordingly each jurisdiction had moved resolutions "to restore recognition to the GLNF, which resolutions were accepted.