‘Dissident Anglican parishes have no rights to property’

Posted on November 27, 2009 
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“A B.C. court ruling that four dissident Anglican parishes have no legal right to their buildings and land is being viewed as a watershed moment in a decade-long battle within the Church over same-sex blessings.

The case is sure to have ramifications for the other 35 dissident parishes spread across Canada that have chosen to leave the national church over doctrinal issues, raising questions about where they will worship if other courts follow suit and rule in favour of the Anglican Church of Canada on the property issue…”

– Report from The National Post.

(Photo of Bishop Michael Ingham courtesy of the Diocese of New Westminster.)