‘Bathurst Anglican church forced to sell property to meet contested CBA debt’

Posted on March 24, 2016 
Filed under Australian dioceses

bathurst-diocese-map“The Anglican diocese of Bathurst is being forced to sell church property following a NSW Supreme Court order to settle an outstanding debt of up to $25 million to Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

The diocese, which covers one-third of the area of NSW, is likely next month to approve the first sale of properties at a synod, or governing council, after losing a lengthy battle in which it argued it did not have the authority to sell property it held under trust structures…”

– Report from The Australian Financial Review.