Did you add that 'other non-Christian' tag, or did someone else put it in?
I just added my usual 'churchproperty' tag.
More good news for our side and more bad news for the anti God side:
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When the diocese sued the parish last month, they neglected to tell the court that there was a precedent in New York for Free Churches to be independent of diocesan control, even if they had been affiliated with an Episcopal diocese for many years. The lawyers for the parish discovered the precedent, and are using it to challenge the bishops lawsuit. St. Andrews has been a Free Church under New York law since its incorporation in 1903, but the diocese claims a Dennis Canon trust on the parish property anyway, even though the deeds are in the name of St. Andrews, and the people of the parish put up the money to buy and maintain the property.
This Free Church issue was squarely addressed in a 1995 case in Poughkeepsie, New York. In that case the court rejected the position of another Episcopal diocese, and said that a Free Church is not subject to diocesan control, said Raymond Dague, attorney for St. Andrews and the parish members who have been sued. But the diocese of Central New York either overlooked that case, or did not want the court here to know about it.