Court Rules Church's Land Belongs to Departed Parish
The Washington Times › October 15, 2008
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A Fairfax County judge ruled Tuesday that a piece of church property involved in a lawsuit pitting conservatives against liberals in the Episcopal Church belongs to the Truro Church in Fairfax, a leading traditional parish that left the denomination nearly two years ago.
Circuit Judge Randy I. Bellows spent less than three hours deciding the fate of a $1.2 million parcel of land that once belonged to Christ the Redeemer Church in Centreville , a daughter congregation of Truro. When Christ the Redeemer, Truro and nine other congregations left the Episcopal Church in late 2006 and early 2007, Christ the Redeemer deeded its property back to Truro.See the full content of this document
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Court Rules Church's Land Belongs to Departed Parish
That transaction, which has been contested by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, was valid, the judge ruled.
The hearing was the beginning of th...See the full content of this document
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