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Posted on 07/20/2006 11:48:15 AM PDT by lastchance
The Episcopal Diocese of Central New York filed a lawsuit Wednesday against St. Andrew's Church in Syracuse, asking state Supreme Court Justice Edward Carni to grant the diocese a restraining order against the parish so that it cannot sell the church real estate at 5013 S. Salina St.
Lawyers for the diocese and the parish will be in court again today to resolve the issue.
The strife between the diocese and the parish has been brewing for a long time, said Raymond Dague, a lawyer who represents the church. Dague, who is also a parishioner of St. Andrew's, said his parish is more traditional, whereas the diocese is drifting from the fundamentals of the religion. ...
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moderater. I had wanted to post this in Religion. If you are able to do so I would be thankful.
Denominations with centralized financial structures are doctinally more vulnerable. The prize for the destroyers is bigger.
Right. One issue that gets overlooked in these doctrinal disputes is WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY. A lot of assets could be at stake. Scary.
Hi I have posted this in Religion. I have asked the moderator to block this News post. So please comment on the Religion page. Thanks.
Well phrased.
TEC has literally billions of dollars at its disposal. Generally speaking, individual parishes cannot afford protracted lawsuits over property -- for the most part TEC will win these suits, and it's likely to occur here.
The only hope would be some change in status of TEC, or the Denis canon, such that the larger church can no longer hope to win these suits.
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