Friday, September 30, 2011

Split Episcopal Parish Cannot Keep Bldg., Land; Court Rules in Favor of National Episcopal Church

The Big News Network website reports today (September 30, 2011) that the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that a 135-year-old local parish -- which broke away from the Episcopal Church after it consecrated its first openly homosexual bishop -- cannot keep its building and land.

Justices ruled today against Bishop Seabury Church in Groton, CT, which split from the national Episcopal Church after the 2003 appointment of Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.

Similar land disputes -- involving breakaway Episcopal parishes -- have been occurring in the courts across the U.S.

The court based its ruling on the fact that church rules prohibit congregations from walking away with church properties, and those properties are held in trust for the denomination.

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