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<div ><font color="#0C2E87" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0C2E87;font-weight: bold;" ><font color="#0C2E87" face="Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="3" style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;color:#0C2E87;" >THERE IS A DIVISION - 57-9 IS APPLICABLE</font></font></div><br /><img height="5" src="http://client.logoworks.com/ConstantContact/TruroChurch/images/spc.gif" width="1" /><br />
<div ><font color="#666666" face="'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="1" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 9pt;color: #666666;" >Judge Bellows has ruled that the Virginia
statute which determines property rights
after the division of a church is applicable to
our situation because such a division had
occurred by the time we held our
congregational vote.<br><br>The judge found
that,<br><br> <i>"ECUSA/Diocese argue that
the
historical evidence demonstrates that it is only
the "major" or "great" divisions within 19th-
century churches that prompted the passage
of 57-9, such as those within the
Presbyterian and Methodist Churches.
ECUSA/Diocese argue that the
current "dispute" before this Court is not such
a "great" division, and, therefore, this is yet
another reason why 57-9(A) should not apply.
The Court agrees that it was major divisions
such as those with in the Methodist and
Presbyterian churches that prompted the
passage of 57-9. However, it blinks at reality
to characterize the ongoing division within the
Diocese, ECUSA, and the Anglican
Communion as anything but a division of the
first magnitude, especially given the
involvement of numerous churches in states
across the country, the participation of
hundreds of church leaders, both lay and
pastoral, who have found themselves "taking
sides" against their brethren, the
determination by thousands of church
members in Virginia and elsewhere to "walk
apart" in the language of the Church, the
creation of new and substantial religious
entities, such as CANA, with their own
structures and disciplines, the rapidity with
which the ECUSA's problems became that of
the Anglican Communion, and the consequent
impact-in some case the extraordianry impact-
on its provinces around the world, and,
perhaps most importantly, the creation of a
level of distress among many church members
so profound and wrenching as to lead them to
cast votes in an attempt to disaffiliate from a
church which has been their home and
heritage throughout their lives, and often back
for generations. Whatever may be the precise
threshold for a dispute to constitute a division
under 57-9(A), what occurred here
qualifies."</i><br><br>The judge will now hold
hearings on whether 57-9 is constitutional.
However, an appeal is likely and may delay the
final resolution of this case.<br><br> More
information
will be posted on the Truro website as soon as
possible.<br><br><b>Please continue to pray
for
the
judge, our attorneys, our leaders, and all
parties in this action.</b><br><br><b>There
will be
Rector/Warden forums after each service this
coming weekend.</b></font></div><br />
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