[Gathnet] Truro Church keeps its property!!!

[Jonathan Gathman]

Hurray!!!!
Jonathan Gathman
jonathan at stl.gathman.org



On Oct 14, 2008, at 7:00 PM, Stuart Gathman wrote:

> Dear Gathnetters,
> Our dear Truro church Fairfax, today won the "final" round from the  
> white witch and her minions who have been threatening for years to  
> take the property and do who knows what with it.
>  from the web site of BabyBlueOnline.
> Tuesday, October 14, 2008
>
> Breaking News: Judge rules in favor of Truro Church
>
>
> Judge Randy Bellows ruled today that property disputed by The  
> Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Virginia is indeed held in trust  
> by Truro Church, Fairfax and therefore, subject to the Virginia  
> Division Statute, 57-9.
>
> This property was originally bought by Christ the Redeemer, a  
> mission church-plant of Truro Church. The original mission dissolved  
> and the property was given to the mother church. TEC and the Diocese  
> intervened, claiming that this particular property was not subject  
> to 57-9 but were unable to answer testimony given in court today by  
> the former Senior Warden of Christ the Redeemer (Truro mission) and  
> the current Senior Warden of Truro Church. The judge ruled from the  
> bench that indeed this particular property is held in trust by Truro  
> Church and therefore subject to 57-9.
>
> The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Virginia acknowledged just  
> prior to trial that the Division Statute 57-9 applies to all the  
> other property held in trust by Truro Church.
>
> der alt Grossvater
>
>
>
> Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn “10 hidden secrets” from  
> Jamie. Learn Now

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://gathman.org/pipermail/gathnet/attachments/20081014/17319ba6/attachment.html>