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Court Says Dissident Church's Property Belongs To Long Island Episcopal Diocese

By Howard Friedman

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Episcopal News Service reported yesterday that a Queens County, New York trial court has ruled that the property of the breakaway St. James' Episcopal Church in Elmhurst is held in trust for the Diocese of Long Island. In 2005, a majority of St. James' members voted to affiliate with the more conservative Anglican Church in America. The breakaway members had sued claiming entitlement to Church property because the parish was created by the Church of England before the Episcopal Church came into existence. The court ruled, however, that St. James became an Episcopal parish after the American Revolution.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).

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