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To: sionnsar

Interesting strategy, for churches which want to leave TEC without giving the homosexuals all the material treasures of their heritage!

Think about it: The donors clearly did not want to contribute to the TEC, but rather the parish. Now TEC is claiming that when a parish leaves TEC, all property reverts to the diocese, and whem the diocese leaves TEC, all property reverts to Her Dark Majesty.

What to do?

Donate all property to a third party, with the agreement that it be made available for certain narrowly defined worship activities. This may mean sharing facilities with some Lutherans or something, at worst. (The problem is with the sharing, not with the Lutherans. I got nothing against modern Lutherans.) After some period of time, the property can be donated back. The third party can even be some sort of trust, if not a Legal Trust.


5 posted on 07/21/2006 6:31:34 AM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

Not that simple. After the departure ca. 1977 of a number of churches AND their property, (P)ECUSA enacted the Dennis Canon which stated that all property was henceforth held in trust by/for the diocese and the national church.


6 posted on 07/21/2006 8:07:05 AM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs | NYT:Jihadi Journal)
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