[Apologetics] Episcopal Diocese Sues 11 Seceding Congregations Over Property

[Art Kelly]

If I were advising the Episcopal Diocese, I would
recommend that they say something like, "We can work
this out. There's plenty of room for diversity here in
the Episcopal Church. We really respect your concerns.
Please come back. ETC."

Instead, they are playing "hard ball," which will
harden the determination of the conservatives and
increase animosity.

By contrast, in Texas and other places, when some
Episocopal parishes wanted to join the Catholic
Church, I believe the Episcopal bishops there were
friendly and cooperative in regard to property and
other logistical matters.

Art 

--- Bret Bellamy <bbellamy at mindspring.com> wrote:

> To put this as kindly as I can.....the Episcopagan
> "diocese" of Virginia can kindly go kiss my cold
> instant grits!
> 
> Bret
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Art Kelly <arthurkelly at yahoo.com>
> >Sent: Feb 1, 2007 12:06 PM
> >To: Apologetics Group <apologetics at gathman.org>,
> Father Phillips <frphillips at atonementonline.com>,
> Father Pollard <faddah at stveronica.net>, Jim Murphy
> <jmurf80 at bellsouth.net>, Michele Allen
> <arochaallen at juno.com>, Father Peffley
> <fpeffley at juno.com>
> >Subject: [Apologetics] Episcopal Diocese Sues 11
> Seceding Congregations Over Property
> >
> >EPISCOPAL CHURCH
> >Diocese Sues 11 Seceding Congregations Over
> Property
> >Ownership
> >
> >By Michelle Boorstein and Jacqueline L. Salmon
> >Washington Post Staff Writers
> >Thursday, February 1, 2007; Page B04
> >
> >The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia filed lawsuits
> >yesterday against 11 conservative congregations
> that
> >voted to leave the U.S. church and are fighting to
> >keep their parish properties and assets.
> >
> >The Circuit Court lawsuits, almost all in Northern
> >Virginia, ask the court to declare the diocese the
> >rightful owner of all property, which is worth well
> >into the tens of millions of dollars. The suits
> also
> >ask the court to force the breakaway congregations
> off
> >the 11 properties, which they have occupied since
> the
> >votes in December and January.
> >
> >The full article is at
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR2007013102245.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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ART KELLY, ATM-S
13524 Brightfield Lane
Herndon, Virginia 20171-3360
(703) 904-3763 home
(703) 396-6956 work
arthurkelly at yahoo.com
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