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  • Diocese of Ohio Litigation Ends 'Peaceful Way to Coexist'

    The Diocese of Ohio recently filed a declaratory judgment with the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in Cleveland, asking that it, the diocesan trustees, and a minority of members at five dissident congregations be declared the rightful owners of church properties where the congregations voted overwhelmingly to leave in 2005.

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  • Favoring Parishes, Virginia Judge Cites ‘Division of First Magnitude’

    The ongoing division within The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion “is of the first magnitude,” according to Fairfax, Va., Circuit Court Judge Randy I. Bellows, who issued a preliminary ruling April 3 in favor of 11 congregations that left the Diocese of Virginia after holding parish votes in 2006.

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  • Virginia Judge Issues Preliminary Ruling in Favor of Local Congregations

    The ongoing division within The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion “is of the first magnitude,” according to Fairfax, Virginia Circuit Court Judge Randy I. Bellows, who issued a preliminary ruling April 3 in favor of 11 congregations which sought to leave the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia after holding parish votes in 2006. Judge Bellows will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the state statute on May 28.

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