That was nice and vague.

What apparently happened was that the parish had a doddering pastor nearing the end of his career, and a number of people - apparently a majority female - were effectively running the parish as they saw fit. 

From what I have been able to gather from correspondents in both the Knoxville diocese and NC, the only problem the pastor brought with him was the notion that he was the pastor, not a water boy for the ruling clique.

The existing party thought they could bulldoze the bishop, and it has backfired.

The "restorationist" label was applied by Peter Feuerherd to put a fig leaf on the reality of the power struggle, which has absolutely nothing to do with the ‘50s or anything remotely connected with an earlier time.