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Post-Gazette: Episcopalians want to join lawsuit over church assets

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Kendall Harmon

The national Episcopal Church has asked to join a lawsuit over who owns an estimated $20 million held in the name of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Since Oct. 4, when the majority of the diocese voted to secede from the national church and realign with an Anglican province in South America, there have been two rival bodies called the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.

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5 comments on “Post-Gazette: Episcopalians want to join lawsuit over church assets”

  1. Cennydd says:
    February 17, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    And if the court were to say “NO” to TEC, then what?

  2. libraryjim says:
    February 17, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    So much for the Primate’s Meeting requesting further and continued restraint.

    ++Rowan, are you listening???

  3. Irenaeus says:
    February 17, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    [i] Episcopalians want to join lawsuit over church assets [/i]

    Of course ECUSA leaders want to sue. It is in their nature. It is their mission and destiny. It speaks from the abundance of their hearts. It manifests and accentuates their spiritual bankrupcy. It will hasten even their secular decline.

  4. Irenaeus says:
    February 17, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    [i] ++Rowan, are you listening??? [/i]

    Sure, but not to the orthodox.

  5. Ralph says:
    February 17, 2009 at 10:56 pm

    Please do not feed
    the lawyers.