I Do Weddings Nola and Coast

Dr. Schumm stole our money! We live in Houston and are getting married in the grooms home city of New Orleans. Dr. Schumm was paid in full back in June with the wedding to occur in November. On 10/20/2017, during a phone call with Dr. Schumm, he became angry with the fact that we, the owners of the marriage license, requested to file the certificate ourselves at the clerk of courts. He became very angry at that and refused to do the wedding. He stated he would refund our money in full. I emailed Dr. Schumm later that evening to apologize for any part I had to do with him getting upset and refusing to officiate our ceremony. That was 3 weeks before our ceremony. He called me by noon the following day, 10/21/2017, and said he would do it, but by then our wedding coordinator had found a replacement minister. I told him that and said that it was fine. He understand. He wished us the best in a very cordial way and promised we would have our refund on 10/27/2017. On 11/1/2017, my fiancé and I called him and we spoke. He was very dismissive, aggressive and rude. He refused to send us the refund he promised to give us for services he declined to render. I reminded him politely about our discussion. I sent him a polite email. He was very disrectful and ultimately STOLE our money. We blame the knot for having someone like this on their site. He is unprofessional, mean & we are very grateful to not have him officiate our wedding based on his lie to refund and rudeness when asked about it 4 days past due. We are taking civil actions now only because he is a minister, stole from us and showed us zero respect. His choice not to refund our $300 will cost him greater in legal fees. We have contacted the BBB, any site he is referred through. This shouldn’t happen to any bride or groom just days before their wedding day. The Knot should ban this man so he doesn’t steal again.