Fairfax Circuit Judge Randy Bellows today upheld the constitutionality of a Virginia statute that governs how property rights are determined in a church split, in a case that has pitted the mainline Episcopal Diocese of Virginia against 11 breakaway congregations.
In an April 3 decision, Bellows said the division in the church was such that the […]
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Judge upholds church property statute
June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Episcopal Church, Fairfax Circuit Court
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McDonnell seeks to intervene in Episcopal case
January 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Episcopal Church, Northern Virginia, Virginia attorney general
Attorney General Bob McDonnell has filed papers for the state to intervene in the Episcopal Church case in Northern Virginia.
The case, tried last fall, pits the diocese against 11 congregations that want to break away; millions of dollars in church property hangs in the balance. McDonnell said that since the constitutionality of a state […]
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Episcopal Church trial begins in Fairfax
November 14th, 2007 · No Comments · Episcopal Church, Fairfax
Yesterday in Fairfax, a trial expected to last two weeks got under way that could determine control of the property of 11 churches that voted to leave the Episcopal Diocese. Millions of dollars are at stake.
At issue is an 1867 law, Virginia Code ยง 57-9, that governs when a congregation can realign its allegiance and […]
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